Home Was the First Enemy

Exiled to the countryside as a child, Evelyn Atwood is finally summoned home after ten years. But her family never wanted her back. They only need her to break off her engagement to the Crown Prince and surrender the fortune left by her mother. Betrayed by those she once called family, Evelyn ultimately dies with nothing. Then, on a snowy day, she wakes up with a second chance. This time, she knows every lie hiding behind Atwood Manor’s doors. One by one, she turns her stepmother’s schemes against her and begins settling old debts. Along the way, she joins forces with Simon Shaw of the Grand Court of Justice, only to discover that her family’s crimes may be connected to a far darker conspiracy buried for years.