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In the glittering ballrooms of Vienna, the fate of nations is decided with a whisper. And sometimes, the most powerful diplomat wears a ballgown.

When Lady Eleanor Hastings accompanies her father to the Congress of Vienna in 1814, she expects only to observe from the periphery as Europe's great powers redraw the map after Napoleon's defeat. With six languages at her command and a diplomat's daughter's training to see everything and reveal nothing, Eleanor is the perfect ornament at her father's side—decorative, useful, and carefully constrained by society's expectations.

But a mysterious letter and an enigmatic count draw Eleanor into a shadow game of international intrigue. Count Aleksander Novak—Polish by birth, Austrian by circumstance, and loyal to principles rather than powers—recognizes in Eleanor a kindred spirit and potential ally in his quest to preserve Polish autonomy in a continent being carved up by emperors and kings.

As ballroom encounters evolve into clandestine meetings and coded messages, Eleanor discovers unexpected capabilities and courage within herself. When the Grand Duchess Catherine of Russia is suddenly recalled to St. Petersburg for daring to advocate Polish independence, Eleanor finds herself at the center of a diplomatic chess match with the future of nations at stake. Her growing feelings for the mysterious count only complicate her increasingly dangerous game.

Through moonlit gardens, masked balls, and the opulent drawing rooms of a city transformed into Europe's most sophisticated battlefield, Eleanor navigates a world where every conversation is a negotiation, every dance an alliance, and where one woman's choices might alter the fate of an entire continent.

A meticulously researched historical novel that combines diplomatic intrigue, forbidden romance, and one woman's discovery of her own power in an age when nations were remade with the stroke of a pen and the exchange of a secret.