The Silent Duchess
(2023)(The first book in the Duchess Scarlett Mystery series)
A Novella by Courtney Hargrove
From the #1 bestselling author of nonfiction books LONDON BRIDGE IS DOWN and A ROYAL CONSPIRACY comes a twisty psychological mystery thriller just in time for the dark, cold, winter season. Curl up and prepare to be shocked and entertained by a suspenseful mystery that will appeal to fans of Lucy Foley's Guest List, Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and anything by Ruth Ware and Alice Feeney.
THE SILENT DUCHESS, Courtney Hargrove’s fiction debut, is a gripping novella about the sinister secrets and lies hidden in the crevices of the unraveling marriage of heir apparent Prince Alexander and his commoner wife, Princess Scarlett.
What's life really like for a commoner who marries into the royal family? History has shown it’s often less of a fairy tale and more of a horror story—and Duchess Scarlett is about to find out which one hers is.
It's a cold, blustery November day at Westercoate Manor, and as Scarlett prepares an epic dinner for her husband, she can't shake the feeling he's cheating on her—again. As she probes little clues surrounding the suspected affair, she aims to discover who knows about it, how long it's been going on, who the other woman is, and whether she'll confront Alexander about it.
Prince Alexander was a dashing polo player when they first met and has everything to lose if his reputation is sullied: Their toddler son Prince Arthur, palaces, estates, jewels, and most of all, as the heir apparent, his future seat on the throne. He denies ever cheating on his wife.
As the five-course dinner unfolds, Scarlett and Alexander prove to be unreliable narrators as they hash out the roadblocks in their marriage. Readers will be kept on their toes with red herrings, easter eggs, twists and turns.
Someone is lying, and someone is harboring secrets that could threaten the stability and reputation of the royal family. Which one would go the furthest to keep the marriage intact and keep up their privileged life? How far would one of them go for revenge? The story takes shocking turns throughout, and readers will quickly realize nothing is as it seems. One dinner with husband and wife facing hard truths and revealing shocking secrets will turn one of their worlds upside-down and change everything.
Courtney Hargrove, who has years of experience covering royal families as an international journalist, deftly examines a marriage teetering on the brink and poses one of the most terrifying questions of all: Can you ever really know the person you live with?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Courtney Hargrove is the pen name of a writer who covered royals, breaking news and celebrities during a twenty-plus-year journalism career in nine countries.
Her time up close to the goings-on at various royal residences, including time spent around Kate Middleton, Prince William, Prince Harry, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, Princess Eugenie and Beatrice among others lends Hargrove’s writing the weight of authenticity and reveals a true knowledge of the history of how this family relates to one another—and to outsiders.
Genre: Mystery
THE SILENT DUCHESS, Courtney Hargrove’s fiction debut, is a gripping novella about the sinister secrets and lies hidden in the crevices of the unraveling marriage of heir apparent Prince Alexander and his commoner wife, Princess Scarlett.
What's life really like for a commoner who marries into the royal family? History has shown it’s often less of a fairy tale and more of a horror story—and Duchess Scarlett is about to find out which one hers is.
It's a cold, blustery November day at Westercoate Manor, and as Scarlett prepares an epic dinner for her husband, she can't shake the feeling he's cheating on her—again. As she probes little clues surrounding the suspected affair, she aims to discover who knows about it, how long it's been going on, who the other woman is, and whether she'll confront Alexander about it.
Prince Alexander was a dashing polo player when they first met and has everything to lose if his reputation is sullied: Their toddler son Prince Arthur, palaces, estates, jewels, and most of all, as the heir apparent, his future seat on the throne. He denies ever cheating on his wife.
As the five-course dinner unfolds, Scarlett and Alexander prove to be unreliable narrators as they hash out the roadblocks in their marriage. Readers will be kept on their toes with red herrings, easter eggs, twists and turns.
Someone is lying, and someone is harboring secrets that could threaten the stability and reputation of the royal family. Which one would go the furthest to keep the marriage intact and keep up their privileged life? How far would one of them go for revenge? The story takes shocking turns throughout, and readers will quickly realize nothing is as it seems. One dinner with husband and wife facing hard truths and revealing shocking secrets will turn one of their worlds upside-down and change everything.
Courtney Hargrove, who has years of experience covering royal families as an international journalist, deftly examines a marriage teetering on the brink and poses one of the most terrifying questions of all: Can you ever really know the person you live with?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Courtney Hargrove is the pen name of a writer who covered royals, breaking news and celebrities during a twenty-plus-year journalism career in nine countries.
Her time up close to the goings-on at various royal residences, including time spent around Kate Middleton, Prince William, Prince Harry, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, Princess Eugenie and Beatrice among others lends Hargrove’s writing the weight of authenticity and reveals a true knowledge of the history of how this family relates to one another—and to outsiders.
Genre: Mystery
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