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Secrets. Spies. Everyone lies.
Katherine, the Duchess of Hampshire, is a liar. Her marriage is one of convenience. Of necessity. And it's becoming increasingly difficult to remind herself of this when she's in the company of her enigmatic husband John and his lover, an artist by the name of Henry Fletcher.
Everything changes between the three of them after an otherwise uneventful evening. Words once left unsaid are spoken, repressed feelings can no longer be contained, and with just a few fevered whispers, their futures are forever altered.
But there is a darkness drawing closer to them, and just when they think they have a chance at true happiness, it's snatched from their fingers by an unseen enemy.
**This book contains explicit M/M and M/F/M sex scenes**
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