She Was Never the Mistress

Pregnantandgrievingherhusband ’ sdeath,Eleanor returns home for her younger brother Adrian’s engagement. Becauseshehasspentyearshiddenfromthepubliceye,Adrian’s fiancée Vivienne has never met her. When Vivienne seesthesiblingsembracing,shemistakesEleanorfor Adrian’s pregnant mistress. What starts as jealousy quickly turns into public humiliation, violence, and a tragedy that cannotbeundone.By the time Adrian returns and reveals Eleanor ’ strueidentity,the engage entisalready destroyed—and a much deeper fight over the Hartwell family has begun.

Pregnantandgrievingherhusband ’ sdeath,Eleanor returns home for her younger brother Adrian’s engagement. Becauseshehasspentyearshiddenfromthepubliceye,Adrian’s fiancée Vivienne has never met her. When Vivienne seesthesiblingsembracing,shemistakesEleanorfor Adrian’s pregnant mistress. What starts as jealousy quickly turns into public humiliation, violence, and a tragedy that cannotbeundone.By the time Adrian returns and reveals Eleanor ’ strueidentity,the engage entisalready destroyed—and a much deeper fight over the Hartwell family has begun.