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WhenLouiseEvardonagreestomarryoneofthemostelitemeninhertownofHabsburg,shebelieveslifecouldn'tgetanymoredifferentthanwhatitwasuntilshecomestoknowwithdismaythatthemanhadwivesbeforeherandallofthemdead.

Butthatisn'twhatshehastoworryabout.Withunknownpeoplearoundherandsomeonetryingtogetridofherfromthehugeestate,shehastosaveherlifebeforehistoryrepeatsitselfagain.

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