“You need a husband and I need a mother for my daughter. So marry me, My Lady…”
Despite being a spinster, Lady Esther is desperate to prove her worth. But her parents ruin everything when they arrange a marriage for her with the worst possible groom…
The recluse Duke Phillip has killed his wife. Or at least that’s what everyone says while he tries to raise his daughter alone. And the task proves impossible unless… he finds a bride!
Yet Phillip’s determination to keep their marriage only on paper wavers. For he cannot deny the attraction he feels for Esther. Even if it makes him face his greatest fear: losing another wife…