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    Summary

    For generations, House Lester of Highmere has ruled by discipline, not desire. Alliances over affection. Duty over longing. Lord Philip, its sole heir, has been shaped to be admired, chosen, and claimed, his future negotiated long before his heart was ever considered. The ball held in his mother’s honor is meant to seal that fate, a polished spectacle designed to point him toward a marriage he did not choose.

    Then he meets Lord Daniel Howell. One dance, one mutual confession, one passionate kiss changes everything.

    Beneath chandeliers and watchful eyes, something dangerous takes root, a connection charged with heat, restraint, and want. The future of a kingdom is on the line. So what happensLord Philip finds himself wanting something Highmere has never allowed its heirs to claim: a choice for themself?

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