“Dearest Readers, they say the brightest stars burn out the fastest. But no one expected the Earl of Kilmartin’s light to be extinguished so cruelly. While the Ton celebrated the union of John and Francesca, a silent killer was lurking in the shadows of their honeymoon phase. No duel, no scandal, no warning—just a sudden, fatal ‘pop’ in the brain that turned a marriage bed into a widow’s mourning. Is Francesca Bridgerton cursed? Or is there more to this sudden ‘aneurysm’ than the doctors are telling us?”