Duty and Desire
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Last published Sun, Jul 12, 2026
Lady Eleanora, the dutiful eldest daughter of a duke, accepts a marriage of alliance to Crown Prince Anthony without protest. Graceful and admired, she is everything a future queen should be.
But Anthony falls for her younger sister-the one who wants no crown, no court, no throne. Bound by an uneasy agreement, Duty and Desire bind them together while pulling them apart.
When Duty and Desire collide, Eleanora must face whether her devotion will cost her the one thing she was never meant to want-love.
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