A Bond Of Shame

In a world where her body is owned, her heart is the only thing she has left to hide.

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Kelliandra has known only one truth since birth: the plantation of the Bill family owns her breath, her sweat, her very shadow. But they do not own her dreams. In the quiet hours between dusk and dawn, she dares to dream for him- Andrew, the master's son. A man whose voice is silk and whose gaze, when it lingers on her a second too long, feels like a match held to dry hay.

Andrew she be grateful. His betrothal to the breathtakingly beautiful Veronica is everything his father demands: wealth, status, a future cast in iron. Yet each night, his mind betrays him with visions of a girl who has no name in society's eyes. He would burn down his inheritance for one honest touch from Kelliandra. But a slave and a master's son? That is not a secret. That is a death sentence.

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One forbidden love. Two hearts on a pyre. And a world that would rather see them hang than hold hands.

In this house, the greatest sin isn't cruelty, it's wanting.