Chapter 4…I am sure it is not worth such high drama. I do not profess to know or understand romantic love between husband and wife, but surely it is not so all-encompassing that the loss of one would destroy the other. You are stronger than you think, dear sister. You would survive quite handily without him, moot point though it may be.
… from Eloise Bridgerton to her sister, the Countess of Kilmartin, three weeks after Francesca’s wedding.
The following month was, Michael was certain, the best approximation of hell on earth that any human being was likely to experience.
With every new ceremony, each and every document he found himself signing as Kilmartin, or “my lord” he was forced to endure, it was as if John’s spirit was being pushed farther away.
Soon, Michael thought dispassionat
