CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
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CHAPTER ONE
April 1821, Cleveland Castle
Gifford, Earl of St. Albans strode into his father’s study. “You wanted to see me?”
The Duke of Cleveland had a rare sheepish look on his face. This usually occurred after Giff’s mother had persuaded Papa that one of his long-held beliefs was wrong and needed to change. Had she convinced him to give Giff the heir’s estate he wanted to control before he married? He couldn’t think of another reason his father would send for him this close to departing to Town.
