The Verdier family, who owns a small estate in the southwest of the Swanton Kingdom, which has regained peace after the war, is experiencing serious financial difficulties. The Viscount doesn’t has a son and Alice, the beautiful daughter of the family, seems to have no way to save her family other than to welcome a splendid groom in this social season.
The eldest daughter, Chloe Verdier, with her injured leg, is also struggling to get her sister married and while doing so she finds herself vulnerable to the Duke Damien Ernst von Tisse, with whom she reunited at a ball on a summer night. The bad relationship with the duke, whom she had an unpleasant first meeting, during the war three years ago, was still ongoing.
Meanwhile, Alice has an irreversible accident, and in the end Chloe goes to the arrogant young duke to save her family and tries the biggest gamble of her life….
a rollercoaster of emotions 😭 don’t read if you’re expecting the ML to be some super sweet sensitive man. he’s actually a POS (he gets better - kinda?) and the FL is really strong but goes through a lot to be alongside him. even though Damien is trash, I still loved him and understood his motivations. Chloe was his perfect match. really good read. I devoured it in two nights 😍