A Marriage Deal with a Guarded Earl

“I buried one husband the world chose for me. I will not be handed a second across the wreckage of my own name.”

Victoria, Lady Hemsworth, has already survived one marriage arranged for her, and she has no intention of enduring a second. Widowed, sharp, and quietly ruined by a name that was never truly hers, she wants only to keep her small daughter safe and her independence intact. Society has other plans. A drunken baronet, a scheming relation, and a single whispered scandal are closing every door she has left, and a woman alone cannot fight all of them at once.

The Earl of Harwood is the last man she expected to step between her and the wolves. Reserved, formidable, and carrying griefs he never speaks of, Elias offers her the one thing that will silence the gossip and put her beyond her enemies’ reach: his name, his protection, and a marriage that asks nothing of her heart.

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