Fickle Fortune

By: E. Werner

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Paperback | 1 July 2025

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182 Pages

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21.59 x 13.97 x 1.07

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Fickle fortune opens with a difficult winter journey that mirrors deeper conflicts rooted in social expectation and personal struggle. Two cousins, raised under the shadow of aristocratic duty, find themselves caught between tradition and self-definition. A fateful encounter with a sharp-tongued young woman during their snowbound delay introduces the emotional contrast between one cousin s outward charm and the other s inward restraint. Beneath this surface interaction lies the beginning of an intricate exploration of loyalty, ambition, and the cost of familial obligation. As the cousins return to a life ruled by convention and class, questions of inheritance, pride, and identity rise. The early scenes gesture toward the emotional toll of living within rigid expectations, where appearances are maintained at the expense of truth. Through subtle gestures and unspoken tensions, the novel builds toward a reckoning with the values that shape and restrict its characters lives. Beneath the manners and titles, deeper conflicts wait to surface, hinting that fortune is not merely about wealth, but about the power to choose one s place in a tightly ordered world.

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