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At twenty-one, Arabella Ashbourne is the most powerful Duchess in Victorian England. As the last heir of House Ashbourne, she possesses Absolute Dominion—the ability to command and control magic itself. Beautiful, ruthless, sophisticated, and fiercely independent, Arabella has no intention of becoming a political bride. But the Crown demands she marry, placing her between Crown Prince Adrian Valerian and Lucien Blackthorn, the formidable Duke of the North. After meeting Lucien at her debutante ball, Arabella is sent to the frozen Northern Frontier when monstrous creatures threaten the kingdom. With her ancient Imperial Dragon, Nyxara, at her side, she enters a battlefield instead of a ballroom. As war, court intrigue, dangerous magic, and competing affections collide, Arabella must decide who she can trust—and whether she will allow anyone to stand beside the woman she was born to become. She was never meant to be a Duchess who obeys. She was born to rule.