The Legend of the Betrayed Duchess by Hanna Hamilton

After losing her whole family in a fire accident, Lucy Brighton is taken as a ward in the Grayson estate, home of the Duke of Sutherland. Her stay with her new family quickly turns into a nightmare, with writing becoming her only escape and George, the Duke’s son, being her only friend.

Growing up developing a deep love for the arts instead of the family business, as well as a secret infatuation for Lucy, George Grayson suffers his parent’s continuous disapproval.

Along with the sudden arrival of a mysterious man, claiming to be Lucy’s lost brother, a series of unexpected events start to take place, that bring chaos into the Greason home, having everyone’s fates hanging by a thread.