Time Not Wasted
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To the villagers living in the shadow of his chateau and the memory of his crimes, Étienne Bertillon is a beast. Yet to Eliane, whose life is haunted by violent loss, the danger he embodies could mean salvation.
When Étienne guides Eliane into an apparently safe, passionless marriage of convenience, she receives much more than she bargained for.
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