A historical-fiction heartbreak love story from 1964, when Marielle and Henry break up, things go a bit downhill for Marielle however Henry's life seemed perfect, and the keyword here is 'SEEMED'. {"Things used to be perfect, now nothing's the same." Marielle says with her eyes flooded with tears as they run down her numb cheeks in the ice cold weather with only a jacket to warm her up, which was... his jacket. "For once in my life, I had felt like someone cared about me, LOVED me. And I lost it all, in fact, I lost EVERYTHING. All I have in my life is this old wooden cabin in the middle of nowhere, how I miss the morning horse rides me and henry used to have every morning in our beautiful house, oh how it was such a sight for sore eyes. Oh, the sensational feeling of love. All the things I'd never experience again. I don't ever come to think about a new love, my old love still lives in my heart, I still hear the "Good morning my love" when I wake up every day even though it has never been a 'good' morning, with that voice in my head its been good, however escaping from reality is not the thing for me, it feels good when you're in there but once you realize its all in your head, oh the intolerable pain of realization brought into the world with ourselves and ourselves only.}
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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.