Page 35 of A Widow for the Beastly Duke (The Athena Society #1)

Ten Years Later

“Mama! John has taken my copy of The Mysteries of Udolpho and refuses to return it, even though he knows I promised to lend it to Miss Lillian tomorrow!” Eleanor Aldridge’s voice echoed through the library at Westmere Hall with the particular pitch of aggrieved sisterhood.