When Claudia’s father passes away, she’s convinced she’ll never find happiness again. Forced to work as a servant in her own home rather than inherit the family business, she’s ridiculed and tormented by her stepmother and sister day in and day out. To make matters worse, she’s falsely accused of a crime she didn’t commit, stripped of her noble status, and banished to the farthest reaches of the kingdom.There, she’s prepared for a life of hardship living with Duke Julius Graz—a man...