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The Undoing

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Parts 10
Time 1h 47m

The year was 1848, just 11 years since Queen Victoria began her reign. Lady Evelyn Georgiana Louise, daughter of the Duke of Sutherland, was at the precipice of the rest of her life. It was now time for her to marry an eligible suitor that her overbearing mother approved of. 

Enter the Duke of Devonshire, Edward William Cavendish. He was the one man in the entire universe that held her heart in his hands, and yet with every step he took, Evelyn felt it get crushed just a little bit more. He would be the undoing of her. But could he also be the one to mend the wounds of heartbreak he had inflicted upon her? Perhaps, a fateful masquerade ball could change everything between them, once again...All Rights Reserved

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