Lords and Secrets by Joyce Alec

Can love truly overcome anything?
The ‘Shadows’ are now all wed and settled – save for one. Lady Ann is the only one left unmarried, feeling alone and set apart from the others. It is just as well that she has found herself sought out by Lady Sapphira. The lady is desperate for the ‘Shadows’ to help her discover who has been sending her poison pen letters, finding each one more distressing than the last.

Throwing herself headlong into solving the puzzle and protecting Lady Sapphira, Ann cannot help but notice one particular acquaintance, Lord Aldridge. But can she really allow her feelings to grow without being certain that he is not involved in any way? Lord Aldridge cannot help but be interested in Lady Sapphira’s new acquaintance. Lady Ann is charming and rather refreshing in her manner, but when he discovers the reason for her friendship, everything changes. When the mystery slowly begins to unravel itself, Lady Ann finds a terrible dilemma set before her. Will Lord Aldridge ever forgive her? Or will their friendship fracture and break, forever?