Scarlet, Ivory, & Royal Gold
Clarinda Eloise Liliana Montague, only child of the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Surrey, as well as Jessamine Carlton (daughter of an American millionaire) has everything she could ever want. King James has decreed that all the peerage will have absolute primogeniture, meaning that Clarinda stands to inherit everything from her father. However, after a tragedy, Clarinda is declared illegitimate and is cut off from everyone she once knew, and is left to pick up the pieces with her widowed mother.As time goes on, Claire makes a new life for herself, although her mother's death puts a damper in things. Claire finds herself under the care of Ellen Claremont and Oscar Diaz, and a brother in their son, Alex. After her adoption, she assumes the mantle of First Daughter of the United States. But then, when there is a wedding to attend back in England, how will Claire react to being in the same room with her former friends who abandoned her?…