In high society, marriages are made for convenience. Young Amelia was lucky: her father offered her the chance to choose between two suitable candidates by status. And when the choice came down to polite, smiling Aidan Brievervives—beautiful, as if an angel had stepped down from ancient engravings—and the gloomy Raymer Montgrein, who, in their first meeting, had treated her very rudely, the girl hesitated for only a short time.
How was Amelia to know that behind an angelic face there was a monster that would turn her life into hell for fifteen long years? Could she think that with the death of her tormentor, nothing would end?
In high society, marriages for convenience happen not only when you’re young. A widow with a brilliant lineage is valuable even after thirty, and the king’s orders are not up for discussion. The new husband of Amelia is the one she had feared so much at her first ball. A war veteran, a disgraced lord suspected of betraying the crown—Raymer Montgrein, the nightmare of her youth.
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Shared world with “The Firstborn”; the stories are separate.
ATTENTION! CONTAINS SCENES OF DRINKING ALCOHOL. EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH.
ATTENTION! CONTAINS MENTIONS OF SMOKING TOBACCO OR USING NICOTINE-CONTAINING PRODUCTS. TOBACCO SMOKING OR USING NICOTINE-CONTAINING PRODUCTS IS HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH.
ATTENTION! CONTAINS SCENES OF CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE.