Jax and Cori grew up together. They, along with Opie, were best friends growing up, but Cori always saw Jax differently. She watched him go through several relationships, all of them ending badly, as she sat back and waited for him to notice her. Soon, she gave up and moved away to go to college. Now, after coming home to care for her ailing father, Cori runs into Jax again. This time, he notices her, really notices, but can he convince her that he's changed? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I own nothing to do with the Sons Of Anarchy storyline or original characters. The only thing that is mine is my own original characters and story. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This story will be mature in content, reader discretion is advised.

To save her family from financial ruin, Annaliese Dawson agrees to marry a stranger. She knows that the arrangement would probably never lead to love, but as the two begin to trust each other, could it be that they have a chance at true love? ***** Matthew Cassidy is a widower baronet with three young children. Convinced that his children deserve a mother, a marriage is promptly arranged between Matthew and Annaliese, a pair that have never met, and are complete opposites. What will it take to bring these two together? They have but one chance to get it right. [[word count: 80,000 - 90,000]] Cover designed by Morgan Sangster