Forever Be Mine
Chapter 1
The last thing in the world Celia Lynton wanted to do was attend a garden party at her uncle’s English estate, but it was a matter of life or death. At least, it felt like it was. If she’d had her way, she would have been catching a late matinee at the nearest theater or tucked away in the corner of a cozy coffee shop reading a book.
Instead, she was living out some Jane Austen fantasy, minus the historical clothes, of course. It was 2019 after all, but bloody hell, all those men and women wandering around tea tables, gossiping about one another and the state of England—it was definitely not how she wanted to spend her day.
Her uncle, the Earl of Pembroke, was a powerful player in the English political climate, especially in the House of Lords. Being at this p
