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.

lawyer, Kace LeBlanc, kept right on

didn’t have to stay and listen to this nonsense. She

surprised her narcissistic step-monster didn’t have a whole camera crew here to document this portion of her life. Being one of the star of Secret Lives of NYC Ex-Wives—New

grated

She didn’t need 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 and her brothers were blood relations.

way to prove she wasn’t all high and mighty like so many believed. Sure, the reality show portrayed her as a nurturing, loving woman... Sophie didn’t believe that front

gut, she met Kellan and Vaughn’s furious stares as she exited the

she knew they would work together to 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

off her head and onto her face. She needed a break. She just wanted an escape even if for just a few days. Royal, Texas, was such a beautiful town

latest bombshell her father had dropped on them was bound to be the talk of the town for weeks.

to lots of talk about Miranda, too. If Sophie could uncover anything—a scandal, or a secret, or maybe whatever bit of leverage Miranda must have held over Buck to get him to disinherit his own children—maybe she could use it to

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