The Scandals of the Season Series by Cressida Blythewood

They found love in the ruins of scandal. But the past has returned armed. In a world ruled by scandal, a dangerous duke makes the deadliest move. Marietta Redwyck has finally built something she once believed peace. In the arms of her husband, the formidable Callum Redwyck, Duke of Highmoor, she has found safety, tenderness, and a family forged through pain, truth, and hard-won devotion. But peace is a fragile thing in a world ruled by men who trade in secrets... moreThey found love in the ruins of scandal. But the past has returned armed. In a world ruled by scandal, a dangerous duke makes the deadliest move. Marietta Redwyck has finally built something she once believed peace. In the arms of her husband, the formidable Callum Redwyck, Duke of Highmoor, she has found safety, tenderness, and a family forged through pain, truth, and hard-won devotion. But peace is a fragile thing in a world ruled by men who trade in secrets. When a letter arrives from a stranger claiming to possess the lost journals of the poet Julian Thorne, Marietta’s past is no longer merely shameful—it becomes a weapon. Hidden in those pages lies the truth of a scandalous affair, a secret birth, and the explosive revelation of Isabelle’s identity. If exposed, it will not simply stain the family’s name. It will place an innocent daughter at the mercy of a society that feasts on ruin. But the Duke of Highmoor is no passive husband and no ornamental nobleman. Callum is dangerous in the way only powerful men can cold, strategic, relentless, and deadly in the political arena. He does not fight with raised voices. He fights with leverage, alliances, law, and moves so precise they can destroy a man’s future before he realizes the game has begun. And when his wife and children are threatened, he becomes something far more fearsome than scandal. As blackmail tightens, Parliament stirs, old enemies circle, and whispers of legitimacy, inheritance, and female disgrace threaten to become public war, Marietta and Callum must stand together against the poison of the past. But in a battle where reputation is currency and truth can be twisted into a blade, love alone may not be enough. Because this time, the duke is not merely protecting a marriage. He is preparing for war. less

She was never meant to belong so completely to one family. Isabelle has two mothers, one terrifying duke for a father, and a debut season being managed like a military campaign. Raised by Mama Tamsin, loved by Mama Marietta, and fiercely protected by the Duke of Highmoor, Isabelle enters London society under the sharpest shield in England. If society still remembers the shadows of her birth, no one dares speak them aloud now—not while she stands under the protection of the Duke of Highmoor... moreShe was never meant to belong so completely to one family. Isabelle has two mothers, one terrifying duke for a father, and a debut season being managed like a military campaign. Raised by Mama Tamsin, loved by Mama Marietta, and fiercely protected by the Duke of Highmoor, Isabelle enters London society under the sharpest shield in England. If society still remembers the shadows of her birth, no one dares speak them aloud now—not while she stands under the protection of the Duke of Highmoor. To the world, he is cold, exacting, and one of the most dangerous men in England. To Isabelle, he is Uncle Callum. The man who watches too closely, plans too much, terrifies half the ton, and somehow turns her debut season into a military operation disguised as propriety. As Isabelle enters society, young men circle, ambitious mothers calculate, and Mama Marietta’s unexpected pregnancy stirs old fears inside the family. While the duke wages silent war against gossip, Isabelle begins to see her place in their complicated, hard-won world more clearly than ever before. She is not a burden of the past. She is not a tolerated scandal. She is loved—fiercely, completely, and by more than one home. And when the serious, steady Marquess Arthur Halverstone begins to matter rather more than is convenient, Isabelle discovers that surviving a London season may be easier than surviving her father’s opinions. And just when the Duke of Highmoor believes he has managed his daughter’s future with perfect control, Isabelle has one final surprise waiting at the church door. Warm, funny, and full of heart, The Duke’s Daughter is a charming companion romance told from Isabelle’s perspective, following her journey toward love while surrounded by the fierce devotion of the family who has long claimed her as their own. At once witty, tender, and deeply affectionate, it is a story about belonging, protection, and the young woman at the center of a household built by hard-won love. It also offers a gentle glimpse of Callum and Marietta in their later years—not as lovers battling the world, but as devoted parents, still formidable, still loving deeply, and still quite capable of terrifying anyone who comes too close to their daughter. less