Prologue

“And the estate, businesses, and all holdings will go to Miranda Dupree.”

“You’ve got to be kidding me.” Sophie Blackwood refused to stay silent. She didn’t know exactly what to do, what to say, but she couldn’t just sit there and do nothing.

How in the hell did her father’s ex-wife—his very young ex-wife—manage to sweep the entire inheritance? She was nothing but a gold-digging socialite.

Unacceptable.

Sophie and her father had never been close, but to will everything to the much younger woman who was no longer even his wife was a slap in the face.

Buckley “Buck” Blackwood continued to disappoint her even in death. Sophie glanced over to the woman in question who actually had the nerve to look surprised. Please, like she hadn’t dug her claws so deep into Sophie’s father... She knew this moment was coming.

her focus to her brothers who were equally as stunned at the will that their father’s lawyer, Kace LeBlanc,

nonsense. She loved her brothers, but

Secret Lives of NYC Ex-Wives—New York’s version

grated

all of this other stuff from Buck—not the money and not the ranch. Granted, Sophie didn’t need it, either, but damn it, she

all high and mighty like so many believed. Sure, the

the growing pit of anger in her gut, she met Kellan and Vaughn’s

get this travesty of a will overturned. But right now, she was too furious to think, or to concentrate on what their next steps should be. She just needed to get away from her father’s house, where she’d never been happy and where she’d just had to sit through a new betrayal. Most people would have been remorseful after a parent’s passing,

her face. She needed a break. She just wanted an escape even if for just

was a hotbed of gossip, and this latest bombshell her father had dropped on them was bound to be the talk of the town for weeks. Everywhere

can work both ways, she realized after a moment’s reflection. If she played her cards right, maybe she could turn the situation to her advantage. All the talking everyone would be doing about the scandalous Blackwood inheritance would lead to lots of talk about

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