Chapter 1: The Debut

Reticence (n): the act of not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily; keeping secrets.

Regency Era London is full of secrets, especially when it comes to the Social Season of the upper class. Mallory Huxley is making her debut, proving that she is ready and able to be married to a man in upper-class London. She thinks she knows everything and what she wants but meeting the mysterious Mr. Irwin may change that.