1941. Gregorio, un joven habitante de los ejidos campiranos de García, Nuevo León, pasa sus días ayudando a su hermana Dolores para ganarse el pan de cada día con la incertidumbre de que profesión ejercer para salir de su humilde pero risueña vida, siendo una de sus primeras opciones la de seguir el camino del sacerdocio cruzando a los Estados Unidos y enrolarse en el Ejército, pero el padre Smith lo persuade de no tomar esa decisión para que su feligrés no se involucre en una guerra que no le corresponde, hasta que la guerra lo alcanza a él por medio de una tragedia, tragedia en la que se ve involucrado un solo nombre: Peter Gest.
1905. Indiferente y cargando una gran culpabilidad, Peter llega a la ciudad de Monterrey por la insistencia de su padre, a quien se le ofreció un puesto importante en la recién establecida Cervecería, y, por azares del destino, termina conociendo a Liliana, quien lo lleva en una inesperada aventura por las localidades esteparias de la región, llegando de esta manera, hasta la Hacienda de San Antonio, también conocida como la Hacienda del Muerto.
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.