A Most Improper Duchess

By Abi Thomas

**She played the perfect widow.

He returned with the truth that could destroy her.

Together, they'll burn society to the ground.**

London, 1881. Eleanor Winthrop, Duchess of Ashworth, is the picture of propriety-beautiful, composed, and utterly alone in her gilded cage. Two years after her husband's suspicious death, she hosts a memorial ball to mark the end of her mourning... and the beginning of her rebellion.

But when Julian Thorne-her late husband's disgraced prot g and the only man who ever saw *her*, not her title-walks back into her life, Eleanor's carefully constructed facade begins to crack. Soon, they're entangled in a web of opium smuggling, political blackmail, and a secret syndicate known only as *Hermes*-one that silenced her brother and may have killed her husband.

As danger closes in and scandal erupts across London's drawing rooms, Eleanor must choose: preserve her reputation... or risk everything for truth, justice, and a love she never dared imagine.

**From bold new voice Abi Thomas comes a sensual, suspenseful, and fiercely feminist debut that redefines the Victorian romance-where the real scandal isn't desire... it's daring to be free.**

*Perfect for fans of Bridgerton's heat, Sarah MacLean's heroines, and the gothic intrigue of Laura Purcell.*

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GC9ZZYFX
• ISBN13: 9798233456633
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: ABI Thomas
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"