Contents

Chapter 1
“He’s dead.”

Chapter 2
“Play at least one game. It will help keep your…

Chapter 3
The black and yellow phaeton rolled to a stop in…

Chapter 4
It had been many minutes since Verena had thought that…

Chapter 5
The rain came and went in the space of a…

Chapter 6
Verena stood before the mirror in the drawing room, and…

Chapter 7
Brand waited until the crowd that had gathered to greet…

Chapter 8
The carriage rumbled down the streets of London, the lights…

Chapter 9
Early the next morning—far earlier than he usually rose, Brand…

Chapter 10
Much later in the day, Verena returned from Lady Jessup’s.

Chapter 11
The rain came with a vengeance. It slashed, thrashed, poured…

Chapter 12
Verena recognized Brandon’s voice instantly. She also recognized the fury…

Chapter 13
Brandon looked down into Verena’s eyes. “Herberts is gone. That…

Chapter 14
That was just her luck…for the first time in four…

Chapter 15
Verena awoke the next morning to the feel of a…

Chapter 16
Verena struggled. “Let me up!”

Chapter 17
Brand went home where Poole, on discerning that his master’s…

Chapter 18
Verena dropped onto the settee in the sitting room, her…

Chapter 19
James fixed his gaze on Brandon with unwavering regard. “Before…

Chapter 20
Hours after Brandon left the Westforth residence, he found himself…

Chapter 21
Brandon raced up the steps of Westforth House. No light…

Chapter 22
Brandon slowly came awake the next morning, aware first of…

Chapter 23
Brand struggled to believe the scene before him. Wycham—the traitor.

Chapter 24
Verena opened the door to James’s room and peered in.

Epilogue
The wedding was the talk of the season, but Brandon…