Eloisa James

You consider me too selfish and careless to pay attention to others.”

You need a house of your own, and a husband who will not flinch as the family crystal is demolished.”

but if there was one thing the Season had taught her, it was that no one wanted her. Not the way she was.

And there was no becoming someone else.

“I will find a man who adores me, or I’ll buy a
house next to a bookstore and live happily by myself,”

Absolutely not. You could have chosen a docile woman, but you didn’t,” Stella said, feeling irrationally cheered by the thought. “I’m going to beat you in chess for the rest of our lives.”