A Gentle Kind of Love
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They say a lady's worth is measured by the curve of her smile and the silence of her thoughts.
But Lady Elowen Everleigh has never fit inside the cage of a well-bred debutante.
The fifth child of the powerful Duke of Ainsworth, Elowen is polished to perfection, laced into gowns she didn't choose, and paraded like a prize through London's glittering ballrooms. But beneath the silk and civility lies a mind too sharp for flattery and a heart that refuses to settle for anything less than love.
When the enigmatic Marquess of Ravenshade, Lucien Blackmoor, offers nothing but a gaze across a crowded ballroom-and a letter unsigned by anything but truth-Elowen's world begins to tilt. He's everything she's been warned against: too principled, too noble, and far too dangerous for a girl with brothers like hers.
He doesn't play by society's rules.
And she no longer wants to.
As courtships bloom and alliances tighten, Elowen must choose: obey the life laid before her... or write a new one with ink, will, and scandal.
In a world of arranged vows and masked intentions, can a love so gentle ever survive the storm?
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