A story held sometime in the 1700s between a beautiful heroine, Lucy, who is all alone in the world since her aunt has recently passed away and a handsome gentleman, Calvin. Calvin can't watch Lucy wither away into nothing in the world. He knows where her future will go if he doesn't do something about it. He has to marry her. But how could he bring her in into his rich lavish lifestyle when he is in love with another woman, Margaret. But Margaret is a woman who is forbidden to him since she is married to his right hand man, Luke, who happens to be more wealthy than Calvin. Rumors have gone around that Calvin and Margaret have had affairs. Their flirtatious relationship isn't unknown to everyone around them. Especially to Lucy. She has nowhere to go but with Calvin Tyler. Can Lucy handle being with a man who doesn't even love her and is only with her out of pity? Little does Calvin know that Lucy's heart always belonged to him. A story twisted with modern and vintage times.

Ryan- Quiet, Serious, a tad awkward, but considerate and caring. Landen- Charismatic, handsome, a player at heart, but funny and sweet. River- Damaged, weak, fearful, careful, but smart and determined. At seventeen, the most tragic of situations landed River Ruth Winters, arranged to be married. She wasn't sad about it. Actually, it was the silver lining in the worst of circumstances. It just so happened, that she was getting engaged to the man she was dreaming about. So what happened? After spending six years away at an all-girls college, she comes back home to find out that Ryan, her supposed-to-be finance, is engaged to another woman. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All rights reserved.

He turned around to my father, and said "Mr steel I have a proposition for you, as you may know in order to acquire the company my father insists I be married and I don't have time to look for a wife, so if you want your debt cleared then I will marry your daughter." Talk about a complete 360, one minute he's threatening my father and the next he's asking for my hand in marriage. What do you do when the only way to pay off your fathers loans is by agreeing to get married? Well for Lucy Steel she has no option but to agree. But what if at first something which was nothing more than a deal to save her father, turns into something more, maybe even Love. Thrown into a world of Prada, parties and painfully-awkward encounters. How is she going to cope? Read and find out.