Her Grace's Stable Jane Austen Space Opera Series, Book 2.

Silence is his only defense. But no truth escapes his lady's whip. A Jane Austen Space Opera, Book 2 Lady Violet Blackmyre, the daring "Black Duchess" of the Queen's Light Dragoons, never thought she'd die a slow, miserable death. Yet only days after being named Field Marshal of the Britannian Army, she's been diagnosed with consumption. Giving Cole, her devoted stable hand and "pony", his freedom is as easy as removing his collar. Convincing...