The Portrait of a Duchess

The scandalous women of the SOCIETY OF SIRENS are back with an explosive secrettheir ranks include a duchess in disguise Once upon a time she married in secret An activist painter of radicals and harlots, Cornelia Ludgate dismisses love and marriage as threats to freedom. But when an inheritance gives her the chance to fund the cause of womens rightson the condition she must wedshe is forced to reveal a secret: shes already married. To a man she hasnt seen for twenty years. Ohand her husband is a duke. A horse breeder with a clandestine taste for revolution, Rafe Goodwood never expected to become a duke. But now that the title is his, he is plotting to shock the ruling class with ambitions of reformand reveal the infamous Cornelia is his duchess. That just presents one problem: he must not fall in love with heragain. Now they must resist the temptation to rekindle an affair... Although determined not to sacrifice her principles for passion, Cornelia is still drawn to the man whose very being threatens her independence. Hurt too many times, Rafe cant risk love againespecially with the woman who once shattered his heart. But a conspiracy to upend the inequalities of the aristocracy bring Cornelia and Rafe closer, forcing them to finally decide whatand whothey hold dear.