Katy Fairchild is an orphan and knows that no respectable man will marry her. But when a storm throws her into the arms of a mysterious stranger, will she fight society's opinion of her low status to pursue a forbidden romance? ***** At the age of nine, Katy Fairchild was brought to the small village of Wilshire to live with her distant relations, the Banes family. Brought up as a companion to their daughter, Eliza, Katy has lived a life according to her low rank and limited opportunities, and without complaint. But one day when she is nineteen, she gets caught in a dangerous storm with a handsome man who is unlike anyone she's met before. The encounter throws Katy into a world she never knew. For the first time, a better life may be just around the corner, but is she prepared to fight for it? [[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]] Cover designed by Cil Ojumo

" تلك العينان التي تنظر إلي بكل حب وحنان لا تستحق بأن تكون حزينة بسببي، تلك العينان التي تنظر إلى الحياة كأحد لوحات الرسم الزاهية لا تستحق أن ترى كيف يكون العالم قاسياً من عيناي، تلك العينان التي ترغب بكسر جميع القواعد التي تم وضعها علي لا تستحق أن تبقى بجانبي لتتعذب " ..