A Truth Universally Acknowledged

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The year is 1813 and Miss Rosaline Bailey finds herself stuck in London at the height of the social season.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Her father the new Royal Physician leaves her with Charlotte Prince Rosaline's childhood friend to make her debut at court. An impish young woman with a fondness for Shakespeare and mathematics </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rosaline has no desire for romance or marriage</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and vows to remain invisible. But when the Queen names Charlotte the Star of the season and Rosaline the Sapphire she finds herself attracting the attention of the arrogant reclusive and gorgeous </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Duke of St. Albans...</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rosaline and the Duke make a bargain</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - to form a false but believable attachment so they can both escape the season unwed. They form an unlikely and fierce friendship tested only by the caustic gossip-ridden waters of London. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rosaline finds herself pulled into a heady unexpected romance - and into a sinister plot that threatens the lives of everyone around her even the people she holds most dear...</strong></p>