authors note

Vivianne Ellsworth, the duchess of Wilshire is a woman you are very privileged to read of, one of the kindest women all across the ton. along with her smashing beauty and gorgeous soul, which has made her one of the most eligible young women for bachelor's across England. but her heart has kept her rejecting every man offering a proposal. she is in fact in love with a boy who sees her as nothing more than the best friend of his younger brother. will he realize her feeling and reciprocate, or will she finally have to move on?
that my dearest reader, you will have to find out yourself.