The Regent's Winter Bride

Louisa Hartley has no dowry, no family worth mentioning, and very good handwriting. That last quality is why she has been married off in a fortnight to Alaric Vane, Regent of a small winter kingdom, who needs a bride for a treaty and, the servants whisper, for something else as well. The castle is too big and the household is too small. One place is set at every meal and never filled. The east wing is locked. Louisa, who spent a decade as a governess learning to notice what her employers would rather she missed, begins to notice. The previous regent's wife died of a fever, according to the ledger. The handwriting on the last letter she sent does not match the handwriting in her diary. And Louisa's own handwriting is a very close imitation indeed.