Isaiah Denham never wanted to be a baron, which is terribly inconvenient, considering he is one. Second son, second choice, second-best — that was the way of things, until a twist of fate and industrial negligence left him with a title he neither expected nor desired. He spent years cutting his teeth on the law, weaving through vice and virtue with equal dexterity, a man who knows exactly how to exploit the system he loathes. Now, with the weight of his father’s empire pressing down on him and the ghosts of expectation clawing at his throat, Izzy has a decision to make: play the game, or break it entirely.
Ciel Fitzroy
A lot has changed from Ciel’s position as a Dowager Baroness in London earlier this year. Married to the Duke of Grafton, whom she was always so very close with, Ciel emerges into the new year as a new image of herself. If only marriage could make her so happy, and if only the decision had not been made in the hope of saving herself from a threat to her life! Though one must wonder why such a prestigious man would take her as a second wife at all.
Luc Wynn
Youngest son of a Welsh baron, Luc was always destined to be one of three things: A military man, an academic, or a priest. With his compassionate nature and personal desire to see all wrongs righted, and a true devotion to the words of Christ, there was only one real option for him. Having spent the last five years as an ordained curate in the East End, his newest promotion to assistant to the Bishop of London has given him a bit of culture shock. Back among the well-to-do of the city, cognizant of his status as protégé to an important man, Luc is doing his best to serve his family, the Church, and God.