Velvet Shadow
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In the gilded halls of the Corvane estate, Lady Evelina Corvane lives a life of duty. Bound by bloodlines, politics, and an unyielding father, she is expected to marry for power, not passion. To love freely is a luxury she has never been permitted.
Then comes Lord Lucien Morvain-the scandal-ridden noble whispered about in every drawing room. He is dangerous, magnetic, and already promised to another. Evelina knows that even a glance in his direction could destroy her reputation... yet she cannot look away.
What begins as stolen glances in candlelit chapels and secret words at masked balls soon spirals into a desire neither can resist. But their union is forbidden, their families' fragile alliances resting on Evelina's obedience and Lucien's silence.
To surrender to temptation is to risk ruin.
To resist it may break them both.
In a world where honor is currency and betrayal lurks behind every velvet curtain, Evelina and Lucien must decide: will they defy society for a love that could consume them-or be torn apart by the shadows that bind them?
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