Princess Adara is perfect. On the outside, at least. She loves being perfect, even if she might never be as good as her older sister, Crown Princess Amberly, and even if that means she can never be herself. Adara is perfect, even if not on the inside.
Adara is determined to stay perfect, even if that means envious glances and rude thoughts. The one problem is Crown Prince Dillan, and his mission that he seems so set on. Turning her world upside down.
Adara has always known her place, but now love and duty will have to undermine her morals, opinions, and thoughts, and nothing will ever be the same.
What everyone doesn't know, however, is that Adara hides a secret, one that could change everything.
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.