
Dean Stanley's death leaves you, his orphaned niece Helen, hearing the truth from the Collingwoods: no inheritance, and creditors who cannot wait on mourning. A separate fund turns out to be legally yours, and you spend the evening deciding how much belongs to your uncle's debts rather than your independence. When your oldest friend Cecilia marries without a word, you choose how to answer the silence, and at Clarendon Park, Lady Davenant draws you into her confidence over letters from a young man named Granville Beauclerc she has not explained.
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