The Heir

For nine hundred years, the Dukes of Oxford have served three masters: the crown, our title, and our estate, Belvedere.

Love? That's not in the De Vere family playbook.

Passion? Reserved strictly for producing heirs.

We marry for duty, bed for bloodlines, and keep our desires locked away like the family silver.

As heir to the dukedom, I've perfected the art of noble restraint. My engagement to a beautiful, blue-blooded ice queen has been set in stone since birth. I've never questioned it-never ...