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Mrs. Ogilvie commands every room she enters, her flamboyant fashions and sharp intellect making her both admired and feared. When she marries the charismatic yet dangerously adventurous Colonel Ogilvie, the union ignites old jealousies, especially from his ambitious brother’s wife, who sees the partnership as a threat to her own plans for wealth and influence. Their tangled histories—secret loves, broken engagements, and a bitter feud that splits the brothers—set the stage for a family drama thick with rumors and hidden motives.
As the Ogilvie estate teeters on the brink of a contested inheritance, whispers of a missing heir begin to surface, hinting that the colony’s fortunes may rest on a name long thought lost. Against a backdrop of high society intrigue, the narrative follows the uneasy alliances and whispered conspiracies that swirl around the aristocratic household, drawing listeners into a world where reputation, entitlement, and a single undiscovered heir could reshape the future for all involved.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (448K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
Jul 12, 2008
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1864–1916
A sharp-eyed Scottish novelist and travel writer, she moved from comedies of society into vivid firsthand writing about war, relief work, and the human cost of conflict. Her life and books carry both wit and unusual courage.
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