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Lesson one: Don't drink the champagne-unless you fancy discovering secrets far stronger than wine. Welcome to Hawthorne Estate, where every lesson in high society comes with a test you didn't study for and the syllabus is strictly confidential.
When Seraphina Glass-scion of the town's most politically entangled family-arrives at her uncle's city-adjacent manor to polish her debutante skills, she expects to master etiquette, not the art of concealing forbidden feelings. Her partner-in-pointers? Verity Lane-a merchant heiress whose refusal to follow the rules is both a headache to her own family and the spark igniting Seraphina's long-dormant heart.
Both families have the power and pedigree that should make Seraphina and Verity the season's most eligible match, the kind that makes the gossips swoon. In their world, status isn't the obstacle-no, it's jealousy, longing, and the secrets the estate never prepared Seraphina to keep, especially those wrapped up in Verity. Because falling for Verity isn't forbidden by the old rules, but by the new truths neither girl knows quite how to handle.
As Seraphina navigates a dance of tradition, rivalry, and revelation, she learns that debutante training covers curtsies, but not the heartache of loving a girl who can turn every lesson upside down. If only the curriculum included how to survive when love and legacy collide-or how to weather the kind of difficulties that make even the truest yearning look hopeless. When scandal is required reading and the heart's syllabus is written in riddles, Seraphina and Verity must ask themselves: are they meant to be, or are some lessons too hard to learn?
Consider this your warning: at Hawthorne, every secret is a pop quiz, and the answers might change everything.