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Bound in Velvet Chains

Genre:
Billionaire, Contract Marriage, Arranged Marriage
Last updated:
13 Sep 2026
By:
Genevieve Du Pont
Status:
Completed
Language:
English · 18+
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Hot Steamy Arranged Marriage Cold Alpha Billionaire Duke Defiant Heroine

To save her family's historic Mediterranean shipping dynasty from hostile liquidation by predatory hedge funds, twenty-four-year-old Aurelia Delacroix is forced into an arranged marriage with the most feared aristocrat in the United Kingdom—Tristan Sterling, the 9th Duke of Greystone and global maritime industrial titan. Standing six-foot-three with chiseled marble features and piercing sapphire eyes, Tristan is known across the City of London as the 'Granite Duke'—a billionaire who rules his financial empire without remorse. On their wedding night at Greystone Abbey, Tristan coldly informs Aurelia that their union is purely transactional: public appearances, five mandatory galas, separate wings of the estate, and zero emotional or physical entanglement. But Aurelia is no obedient society ornament; she is fiery, brilliant, and possessed of a defiant pride that refuses to bow to his icy decrees. When an unseasonal blizzard traps them alone in his ancient ancestral library, the frost between them melts into an all-consuming, uninhibited firestorm of passion.

Chapter 1

The Cold Altar

The heavy, wrought-iron bells of St. George's Hanover Square tolled across Mayfair with solemn, imperial grandeur, their bronze peals vibrating through the chilly November fog that clung to the Georgian townhouses of London. Inside the historic church, the air was suffocatingly dense with the fragrance of thousands of imported white gardenias, crushed lilies of the valley, and burning beeswax candles that flickered in towering silver candelabras along the nave.

Sitting in the carved mahogany pews were four hundred of the most powerful figures in the British aristocracy and international commerce—Cabinet ministers, foreign ambassadors, shipping magnates, and blue-blooded peers whose families had ruled English soil since the Norman Conquest. Every eye was locked onto the altar, waiting for the consummation of what the financial press had dubbed the "Merger of the Century."

Twenty-four-year-old Aurelia Delacroix stood at the threshold of the central aisle, her slender fingers tightening around the silk-wrapped stems of her bridal bouquet until her knuckles turned ivory. Beneath the gossamer layers of antique Chantilly lace and heavy French duchesse satin of her bridal gown, her heart was hammering against her ribs like a trapped hummingbird.

She was not here for love. She was here as a sacrifice.

Three months ago, her father, Henri Delacroix, had suffered a debilitating stroke after predatory hedge fund raiders, spearheaded by the ruthless Lord Jeffrey Vance, engineered a coordinated credit squeeze against Delacroix Maritime. The family’s historic Mediterranean shipping dynasty, which had plied the turquoise trade routes of Marseille, Genoa, and Alexandria for four generations, had been brought to the brink of catastrophic liquidation. Vessels were impounded in port, bank accounts frozen, and hundreds of dockworker families faced financial ruin.

Then, from the cold, ruthless heights of the City of London, Tristan Sterling had stepped into the breach.

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Bound in Velvet Chains at a glance

Chapters
35
Words
45K
Free online
Ch 1–3
Status
Completed
Author
Genevieve Du Pont
Updated
13 Sep 2026

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Chapter 35: Bound by Love: The Eternal Legacy

Three years later. The midsummer sun hung warm and golden over the rolling green moors of Greystone Abbey, bathing the ancient stone…

Last updated: 13 Sep 2026

Chapter 34: The Birth of Tristan Alexander

Eight months later, a tranquil, heavy winter snowfall was blanketing the rugged hills and ancient oak forests of the Yorkshire moors. Inside…

Last updated: 13 Sep 2026

Chapter 33: The Duke's Knees

In the grand ducal study of the Norman keep, Tristan sat behind his colossal mahogany desk, reviewing third-quarter operational reports for Sterling…

Last updated: 13 Sep 2026

Chapter 32: The Secret Revealed

Three weeks after the triumphant launch of the *Aurelia*, a soft, tranquil July morning was breaking over the Yorkshire moors. Inside the…

Last updated: 13 Sep 2026
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Bound in Velvet Chains is a billionaire and contract marriage novel by Genevieve Du Pont. It is completed with 35 chapters. To save her family's historic Mediterranean shipping dynasty from hostile liquidation by predatory hedge funds, twenty-four-year-old Aurelia Delacroix is forced into an arranged marriage with the most feared aristocrat i...

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To save her family's historic Mediterranean shipping dynasty from hostile liquidation by predatory hedge funds, twenty-four-year-old Aurelia Delacroix is forced into an arranged marriage with the most feared aristocrat in the United Kingdom—Tristan Sterling, the 9th Duke of Greystone and global maritime industrial tita...

Is Bound in Velvet Chains completed?

Yes. Bound in Velvet Chains is completed with 35 chapters, so you can read it start to finish.

Who wrote Bound in Velvet Chains?

Bound in Velvet Chains is written by Genevieve Du Pont, a billionaire, contract marriage, arranged marriage romance novel.

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Bound in Velvet Chains has 35 chapters (about 45,007 words), written in English.

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35 chapters
  1. 1. The Cold Altar Free
  2. 2. The Rules of Greystone Abbey Free
  3. 3. Defiance in the Gilded Cage Free
  4. 4. The Royal Ascot Clash In app
  5. 5. Whispers in the Carriage In app
  6. 6. The Sabotage on the Solent In app
  7. 7. Scent of Salt and Storm In app
  8. 8. Return to the Moors In app
  9. 9. The Library Encounter In app
  10. 10. The Unseasonal Blizzard In app
  11. 11. Fire in the Velvet Dark In app
  12. 12. The First Surrender In app
  13. 13. Worship on the Silk In app
  14. 14. Morning Frost and Shared Warmth In app
  15. 15. The Mediterranean Fleet Crisis In app
  16. 16. The French Maritime Infiltration In app
  17. 17. The High-Stakes Auction at the Palais de la Bourse In app
  18. 18. Ambush in the Old Port In app
  19. 19. Haven on Cap Ferrat In app
  20. 20. Unmasking the London Syndicate In app
  21. 21. A Vow by the Azure Sea In app
  22. 22. The London Admiralty Ball In app
  23. 23. The High-Stakes Waltz In app
  24. 24. Confrontation in the Admiralty Study In app
  25. 25. The Hostile Takeover Crushed In app
  26. 26. Arrests in Whitehall In app
  27. 27. The Mayfair Celebration In app
  28. 28. A True Proposal In app
  29. 29. Blessing at Greystone Abbey In app
  30. 30. Consummation of the Vows In app
  31. 31. The Launch of the Aurelia In app
  32. 32. The Secret Revealed In app
  33. 33. The Duke's Knees In app
  34. 34. The Birth of Tristan Alexander In app
  35. 35. Bound by Love: The Eternal Legacy In app

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