The Prince's Broken Promises

Our love was a rebel song, forbidden by the Devereaux family's rigid rules.

I was Ella, a blues singer from Bourbon Street, and he was Beau, the Prince of Prytania, who swore his heart was irrevocably mine.

He chose me, even when his powerful family threatened to disinherit him.

"It's you and me, Ella, always," he vowed.

I wore his promises like my grandmother's treasured locket.

But the Devereauxs changed tactics.

A new cruelty.

They gave Beau an ultimatum: produce an heir with a "suitable" woman.

He begged me to understand, a "formality" before we could truly be together.