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Lady Helena Blackwell enters her first Season expected to be chosen-never to choose. But when she crosses paths with Gabriel Bennett, Viscount Hays, their quiet connection ignites into something dangerous and undeniable. As Society watches with sharpened smiles and her mother tightens her grip on Helena's future, Helena does the unthinkable: she listens to her own heart.
When blackmail threatens to drag her back into scandal, Gabriel refuses to let her face it alone. Yet love does not silence the past so easily. Helena must stand against a mother who treats her like a bargaining chip, while Gabriel confronts the legacy of a family that taught him distance instead of devotion. Judged, whispered about, and pushed toward obedience, Helena chooses him anyway-learning that courage sometimes means disappointing everyone else.
Set against glittering ballrooms and moonlit gardens, their story is one of defiance, resilience, and learning to stay-proving that real love is not perfect, but fiercely brave.