Lady Opheliaโs voice is so lovely, so incomparable, sheโs permitted to break convention and appear on the London stage. The young ingenue has more admirers than she realizes, but after long years cloistered at a Viennese music school, she has no idea how societyโs games of courtship and seduction are played. The Marquess of Wescott is prone to bucking convention tooโnot always in a good way. He and his friends are frequent subjects of gossip for their rakish behavior, like their regular forays to Pearlโs Emporium, where lovers of discipline explore risquรฉ fantasies in secret rooms.
Wescott and Opheliaโs fates collide on a dry autumn night, when a fast-moving fire strands them together on the outskirts of London. As the sun rises, they learn convention can only be stretched so far. Theyโre obliged to wed in a quick, quiet ceremony, and embark upon married life as little more than strangers. From the start, their dueling personalities tangle into knots of frustration and regret.
But marriage is marriage, and they must learn to live with one another. Lord Wescott tries to bring his wife into line using the disciplinary tactics heโs honed over the years, but Opheliaโs not so easily tamed. Sheโs a stubborn soul, determined to resist her husband at every turn. Life is not an opera, and love is not easy.
For Wescott and Ophelia, the battle has only begunโฆ
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