The Gamekeeper's Reluctant Bride
She fled from a gilded cage, only to find herself trapped in a marriage of obligation… Helena Allston had it all—wealth, beauty, and a life of luxury on her family's plantation. But when her father arranges a marriage to a man she despises, Helena takes matters into her own hands, fleeing on horseback, only to find herself half-drowned and memory-less in a simple cottage. And when her memory returns, Helena ends up back where she began; Arranged to marry—this time to the handsome gamekeeper who rescued her. Could there be more than obligation to this marriage? Or is he only after the Windemere Plantation her father promised him? Gideon Falconer is at a loss when it comes to the stubborn, beautiful woman he rescued from the Ashley River. And his predicament only worsen when he returns her to her family's plantation, where her father shocks him with a demand that Gideon marry his daughter to prevent a scandal. As a man new to his faith, he feels compelled to do the right thing, but his own secrets and a past left behind in England threaten to complicate matters further. In a marriage that began as a mere obligation, can Helena and Gideon find the strength to let love and trust conquer all, even as the world around them threatens to crumble? |