An Earnest Favour
littleLo
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  • Reads 1,098,017
  • Votes 76,805
  • Parts 38
  • Time 7h 34m
littleLo
Complete, First published Nov 05, 2020
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Abandoned by the man she thought loved her, Claire Denham is left with very few options as she faces the prospect of being disgraced for falling pregnant out of wedlock. 

In fact, she is left with one. 

Lord Jack Beresford, the younger son of the late Duke of Ashwood, and often considered "the spare" in comparison to his older brother, has long held a torch for the pretty Claire Denham. When fate throws them together, Jack extends a favour to Claire, and she takes it, turning the lives of their families upside down. 

As they navigate a marriage of convenience, jealousy, betrayal, old lovers, and the fear of being second best all pose dangerous threats to an already shaky relationship ...
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After All

36 parts Ongoing

Beatrice was the second wife of Gab in their first life. Isabella died causing him great grievances and Beatrice was the one who healed his broken heart. But... Destiny played a trick on them. The three of them got reincarnated in a whole different world. Beatrice became someone with the name of Emerald Therese Rossiette a daughter of a ducal household. And Gab became Clifford Bellian, the heir of the kingdom's only grand duke. And in this life ... Isabella became Vivian Daisy Fleur. The daughter of the riches count in the kingdom. Beatrice, now Emerald started to falter. Will Cliff still chose her over his first great love? Will he still love her knowing that Isabella was there, all alive?

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