SHE SPENT TEN YEARS HIDING HER LOVE FOR HIM UNTIL ONE RECKLESS KISS CHANGED EVERYTHING

HER BROKEN ENGAGEMENT BECAME HIS SECOND CHANCE AT REDEMPTION AND LOVE

💔 "YOUR DAUGHTER RUINED MY SON" THE COUNTESS SMILED. "EXCELLENT! NOW HE'LL MARRY HER"

💔 "WHO DID THIS?" THE MARQUESS ASKED—BY DAWN, THREE LORDS BEGGED FOR MERCY THEY'D NEVER RECEIVE

💔 HIS MOTHER CHOSE HIS BRIDE THEN HE SAW THE GIRL SHE CALLED UNSUITABLE AND EVERYTHING CHANGED

💔 HE SAID ANY DAUGHTER WOULD DO UNTIL THE MUDDY ONE TOLD HIM EXACTLY WHAT SHE THOUGHT

💔 SHE WAS TAUGHT TO CLOSE HER EYES—THE VISCOUNT WHISPERED FIVE WORDS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

💔 HE LEFT HER BLEEDING IN THE SNOW—THE MARQUESS FOUND HER AND MADE A RUTHLESS OFFER

💔 HIS AUNT CHOSE HIS BRIDE—THE MARQUESS REFUSED. THEN HE SAW WHO SHE'D PICKED

💔 SHE WAS READING ALONE WHEN THE EARL'S CARRIAGE ARRIVED UNANNOUNCED—HER LIFE CHANGED FOREVER

💔 HER FOUR COUSINS MARRIED EARLS WHILE SHE REMAINED INVISIBLE—UNTIL A MARQUESS SAW HER

💔 HIS AUNT CHOSE A MUTE SEAMSTRESS TO HUMILIATE HIM—UNTIL HE GAVE HER A VOICE THROUGH INK

💔 SHE NURSED HIM THROUGH ILLNESS FOR 9 YEARS—THEN WALKED AWAY WHEN HE RECOVERED

💔 SHE EXPOSED HIS STEWARD'S THEFT—THEN QUIT BEFORE HE COULD FIRE HER. HIS FACE WENT ASHEN

💔 SHE LIVED IN A CONVENT NEVER KNOWING THE MARQUESS HID THE TRUTH ABOUT HER FATHER'S DEATH

💔 THEY OFFERED THE PLAIN SISTER TO THE MARQUESS AS A JOKE—BUT SHE BECAME HIS SALVATION

💔 AT 19, SHE WAS SOLD TO A DYING EARL—BUT HIS ILLNESS HID A SECRET THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

💔 THE WELSH SPINSTER WHO SWORE NEVER TO WED MET THE EARL WHO MADE HER BREAK EVERY VOW

💔 SOLD TO SAVE HER SISTERS, SHE MARRIED A STRANGER WHOSE GUILT WAS DARKER THAN HER SACRIFICE

💔 "SHE LOVED HIM SINCE CHILDHOOD. HE RETURNED WITH A MISTRESS WHO MADE HER FEEL INVISIBLE."

💔 'COME DOWN OR I LEAVE YOU TO THE RAIN,' THE MARQUESS SAID. THEN HE CLIMBED UP AFTER HER.

💔 FORGOTTEN IN A WORKHOUSE 21 YEARS. THE EARL SAID, 'YOU'RE MY HEIR, AND MY DAUGHTER.'

💔 SHE SLAPPED ME AT THE MUSICALE. THE VISCOUNT CAUGHT HER HAND AND SAID, 'NEVER AGAIN.'

💔 "MARRY THE BEAUTIFUL ONE," FATHER SAID. THE MARQUESS CHOSE ME—THE FORGOTTEN DAUGHTER.

💔 SOLD TO A BROTHEL FOR FORTY POUNDS. THE EARL'S BARGAIN: MARRY ME OR TAKE THE MONEY

💔 SEVEN SEASONS UNWED. HE WAGERED TEN THOUSAND POUNDS HE'D MARRY ME OFF IN EIGHT WEEKS.

💔 "I'VE LOVED YOU FOR FIVE YEARS," SHE CONFESSED. "AND I HAD NO IDEA," THE EARL WHISPERED.

💔 HE BROKE OUR ENGAGEMENT AT THE BALL. A MARQUESS'S CARRIAGE WAS WAITING FOR ME OUTSIDE

💔 "SHE'S THE UGLY ONE," THEY LAUGHED. "THEN I'LL MAKE HER MY COUNTESS," HE SAID COLDLY.

💔 "KNEEL AND BEG," SHE COMMANDED THE DUKE. "I'D RATHER DIE," HE REPLIED. "THAT CAN BE ARRANGED."

💔 "YOU'RE COURTING HER?" THE EARL CHOKED. "WRONG SISTER," HIS BROTHER SAID. "I WANT THE WALLFLOWER."

💔 "I EXPECTED A DUKE," SHE SAID COLDLY. "YOU BROUGHT A CRYING CHILD." HIS REPLY CHANGED EVERYTHING

💔 "WHO IS HE?" THE VISCOUNT DEMANDED, VOICE CRACKING - "YOUR FUTURE," SHE REPLIED COLDLY

💔 "PRETEND YOU'RE ENGAGED TO MY NEPHEW," SHE WHISPERED - "WHY?" "BECAUSE HE JUST HUMILIATED YOU"

💔 "YOU'RE DISMISSED," HE SAID. "GOOD," SHE REPLIED—"I QUIT YESTERDAY." HE WENT PALE

💔🥀 THEY SENT THE PLAIN DAUGHTER AS A JEST... HE MADE HER HIS DUCHESS

💔🥀 HE TORE HER GOWN AT HIS WEDDING TO EXPOSE HER SHAME... SHE EXPOSED HIS STOLEN TITLE

💔🥀 DECLARED DEAD IN THE SHIPWRECK, SHE APPEARED AT HIS CHRISTMAS BALL WITH A CHILD

💔🥀 "I SWORE YOU'D NEVER BEAR MY CHILD... FORGIVE ME FOR FEARING WHAT I SHOULD HAVE CHERISHED"

💔🥀 I WAS FORCED TO MARRY MY HUSBAND'S COLD BROTHER FOR PROTECTION

💔🥀 "I READ SEVEN LANGUAGES, MY LORD... YOUR CRUELTY DOES NOT DIMINISH THAT"

💔🥀 "I CANNOT MARRY THE PRINCESS... MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU"

💔🥀 SHE THREW WINE IN THE MARQUESS'S FACE... THREE MONTHS LATER HE CALLED HER HIS SALVATION

🥀 HE HID TO SEE HOW HIS BETROTHED TREATED HIS TWINS—UNTIL THE GOVERNESS SPOKE THE TRUTH

💔🥀 ONLY SIX MONTHS TO LIVE... SO THE DYING DUKE ASKED THE MAID FOR ONE LAST IMPOSSIBLE GIFT

💔🥀 A MARRIAGE CONTRACT... UNTIL HIS FIERCE KISS AT THE BALL PROVED HE WANTED MORE THAN HEIRS

💔🥀 LEFT ALONE AT THE ALTAR FOR HOURS—THEN THE MARQUESS STOPPED HIS BROTHER'S WEDDING TO SAVE HER

💔🥀 "STILL UNWED?" HE MOCKED AT THE BALL—THEN HER HUSBAND THE WEALTHIEST MARQUESS STEPPED FORWARD"

💔🥀 THE ACCIDENT TOOK HER MEMORY BUT THE EARL CROSSES ENGLAND TO PROVE HE DESERVES HER BACK

💔🥀 SHE WHISPERED TO THE MARQUESS YOUR BRIDE IS MEETING ANOTHER MAN TONIGHT AND HE BELIEVED HER

💔🥀 SHE WAS BANISHED FOR TWENTY YEARS UNTIL THE WEALTHIEST DUKE CLAIMED HER AS HIS

🥀 LOCKED AWAY AS MAD FOR GRIEVING—UNTIL THE COLDEST MARQUESS WHISPERED "SHE IS MINE"

🥀 HE CAST HER OFF AT HER MOTHER'S WAKE—SHE RETURNED ON CHRISTMAS EVE WITH HIS HEIR

🥀 SHE THREW MUD AT THE EARL WHO BLOCKED THE LANE—HE OWNED EVERY FIELD SHE WALKED

🥀 LEFT AT THE ALTAR ON CHRISTMAS—THE DUKE'S FAKE COURTSHIP BECAME THE REAL GIFT SHE NEEDED

🥀 "I OWN HALF OF LONDON YOUR GRACE"—HER WORDS FROZE THE DUKE WHO MOCKED HER AT CHRISTMAS

🥀 SHE REFUSED EVERY PROPOSAL FOR FREEDOM—THEN THE OFFICER DIED LEAVING HER PREGNANT

🎄HE WATCHED THEM MOCK HER AT CHRISTMAS BALL—THEN PROPOSED ON THE FROZEN THAMES

🥀 SHE WAS MOCKED AT HER BROTHER'S WEDDING—UNTIL THE DUKE WHISPERED: "PRETEND YOU'RE MINE"

🥀 HE BANISHED HER WITH £3—6 YEARS LATER A CHILD WITH HIS SILVER EYES STARED UP AT HIM