A Whisper in the Ballroom
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In Regency England, Lady Emilia Hartwell is expected to be flawless, obedient, elegant, the perfect daughter of the Duke, and she must obey her powerful mother's every command. But beneath the silks and chandeliers, Emilia is suffocating, tired of being a puppet. When she meets Henry Briggs, a reckless young man who lives life on the edge, working multiple jobs just to afford food, Emilia is pulled into a world she was never meant to touch.
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