The scandalous women of the SOCIETY OF SIRENS are back with an explosive secretâŚtheir ranks include a duchess in disguise
Once upon a time she married in secretâŚ
An activist painter of radicals and harlots, Cornelia Ludgate dismisses love and marriage as threats to freedom. But when an inheritance gives her the chance to fund the cause of womenâs rightsâon the condition she must wedâshe is forced to reveal a secret: sheâs already married. To a man she hasnât seen for twenty years.
OhâŚand her husband is a duke.
A horse breeder with a clandestine taste for revolution, Rafe Goodwood never expected to become a duke. But now that the title is his, he is plotting to shock the ruling class with ambitions of reformâand reveal the infamous Cornelia is his duchess. That just presents one problem: he must not fall in love with herâagain.
Now they must resist the temptation to rekindle an affair...
Although determined not to sacrifice her principles for passion, Cornelia is still drawn to the man whose very being threatens her independence. Hurt too many times, Rafe canât risk love againâespecially with the woman who once shattered his heart. But a conspiracy to upend the inequalities of the aristocracy bring Cornelia and Rafe closer, forcing them to finally decide whatâand whoâthey hold dear.