Alcott Hall

ALCOTT HALL SECOND SONS BOOK THREE EMILY RATH CONTENTS Author’s Note Tropes, Tags, & Content Warnings Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 71 Epilogue Thank You Leave A Review Also By Emily Rath Sneak Peek: That One Night About the Author Copyright © 2023 Emily Rath Books. All rights reserved. First published in 2023. Rath, Emily ALCOTT HALL No part of this book may be reproduced, circulated, stored, in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means other than which it is published without the prior permission of the publisher. All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental. eBook ASIN: B0B5FJ23ZG eBook ISBN: 979-8-9859528-7-2 Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9859528-8-9 Cover design by: Emily Rath Created with Vellum To Lady Chatterley, you fine ass, classy bitch. You walked so Madeline could run. BOOK BLURB The Lady has an offer. The Vicar has a confession. When her late aunt leaves her a generous fortune, socially awkward Lady Madeline Blaire believes she’s finally found a way out of the high society husband hunt. There’s only one problem. To claim it, Madeline must marry by New Year’s Eve…which is now only three weeks away! Determined to claim her financial freedom, Madeline slips away from her overbearing family and races off to Alcott Hall. Madeline needs a husband. Now. She will be generous, providing him with a comfortable living. All he has to do is agree never to claim his rights as her husband. Three years ago, Charles Bray left Finchley and never looked back. It was too painful to dwell in the past. So, when duty calls him home, he returns, heart heavy, to a town full of ghosts. Seeking any distraction, he sparks an unlikely friendship with a quiet young lady who makes him a surprising offer too good to refuse. ALCOTT HALL is a standalone, spicy Regency romance set three years after the events of the Second Sons duology. For the best reader experience, I recommend reading BEAUTIFUL THINGS and HIS GRACE, THE DUKE first. AUTHOR’S NOTE Hello again, beautiful readers! Are you ready to go back to Alcott Hall? This is the third book in the SECOND SONS series. Book one is BEAUTIFUL THINGS and book two is HIS GRACE, THE DUKE. Both are available on KU, Kindle, and paperback. This book is set three years after the end of HGTD. The following is going to **SPOIL** the first two books for you, so proceed with caution. Here’s what happened: BEAUTIFUL THINGS: Rosalie Harrow, a young, penniless woman, travels to Alcott Hall to spend the summer as the guest of the Dowager Duchess of Norland. She arrives to find herself thrust in the middle of a high society husband hunt. While she avoids the drama of the ladies chasing after the duke (who does not want to be chased), Rosalie develops friendships with three gentlemen: -Lord James Corbin, Viscount Finchley, the duke’s younger brother -Mr. Horatio Burke, a bastard son of the former duke’s steward -First Lieutenant Tom Renley, a childhood friend of James and Burke Shenanigans ensue. Lady Madeline Blaire is one of the ladies being hurled at George (much against her will). She becomes close with Rosalie. By the end of book one, Rosalie has a relationship budding with Mr. Burke and Lieutenant Renley. At the Michaelmas Ball, the proverbial shit hits the feathered fan. The Dowager Duchess demands that George marry a lady named Piety Nash. Then she forces Mr. Burke into an engagement with the insufferable Lady Olivia Rutledge. Renley’s ex reappears, telling Rosalie they’re engaged. In a panic spiral, Rosalie and James take off together for London…and don’t tell anyone. HIS GRACE, THE DUKE: Rosalie and James are followed to London by Burke and Tom. Burke confesses his love (again) and commits to her, even without marriage. We learn Tom’s ex lied and he’s not engaged. He’s also in love with Rosalie…and Burke. James loves her too, obvs, but he’s a dramatic pain in the arse, and he’ll hold out on us pretty much all book. Don’t hate him. When he comes around he…he comes. It’s all good. We forgive him. Anyway, the fearsome foursome work tirelessly to unravel the messes made by the Dowager Duchess, including getting Burke unengaged to Lady Olivia, and helping George find his inner light. We meet new characters, we have loooots of sex, and it’s a pretty great time. By the end of HGTD, Rosalie is fully committed to being with her men and they want to be with her…and each other. Yep, this is a full polyam pretzel. Everyone is with everyone, and it’s swoony and romantic and hot as hell. Rosalie marries James and becomes the Duchess of Norland. Burke and Tom commit to living with them at Alcott Hall, and they will be a blissfully happy foursome. The book ends with two epilogues. In the first, we learn Rosalie is pregnant with her first child, and Tom is being recalled to his ship. The second flashes forward five years. I want us to hit pause three years in. That’s where Madeline’s story starts. Are you ready to go back to ALCOTT HALL? Grab your