Book excerpt: Life for Scarlet as a noble woman couldn't be more peaceful. five springs after her first union with Henry and having a clever child made her life complete and they couldn't be happier. But a new danger is coming. Not yet formally the Duchess of Agammar and considering forfeiting the title all together, Scarlet learns that the decision will be much harder to make when there is a reward o her head, bringing strangers into her life. Mercenaries are looking to claim the reward while a mysterious girl appears as if of no where and two relatives who will do almost anything to have the title all to themselves. In the midst of it all, Scarlet learns of another family member arriving who puts her in a whole new kind of danger...