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𝘼 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙮'𝙨 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣
In Regency London, a debutante's gilded cage collides with a duchess's iron will-and sparks a revolution of the heart and of society.
Miss Calliope Young, the Queen's newly named "Diamond of the Season," has spent her life mastering the art of charm and obedience-every fan-flick and curtsy designed to secure a brilliant marriage. Yet beneath her pastel silks and perfect smiles, she harbors a secret thirst for something more: the freedom to paint, to write, and to define her own destiny.
Lady Stella Evangeline Green, scarred survivor of a tragic carriage accident, returns to Society as its most formidable late spinster-fencing master, estate steward, and a secret patron of women's education. Unwilling to play the ornamental prize, she has built clandestine circles of women who publish, learn, and agitate under the cover of male pseudonyms hoping that one day no woman shall hide they're names just so they're achievement could be noticed. But Stella's greatest cause may yet be her own burgeoning desire-for the very debutante her world has taught her to spurn.
When rivalry blooms into unlikely friendship, and friendship into forbidden longing, Calliope and Stella must choose between duty and daring. Will they risk everything-their reputations, their families, even their hearts-for a chance to rewrite the rules?
Perfect for fans of Bridgerton with a fierce, feminist edge, 𝘼 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙮'𝙨 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 weaves a slow-burn sapphic romance into a tapestry of secret salons, midnight duels, and the courageous women who dare to demand more than society will allow.