THE FIRST BOOK OF BITTERNESS SERIES The story of two complicated people that find simplicity in each other, but are blinded by their past wounds to admit their feelings. Lilibeth Edwards, sixteen years old girl who lived with her grandparents, gets sent to live with the richest family in London because her family is too poor to provide for her. Nicholas Hamilton, eighteen years old, cruel and rich boy going to a private school. His family adopts the poor girl to show the world how kind and generous they are, but that is just a mask. The question is what is hidden behind that mask? Is family Hamilton really kind as the world thinks it is? What happens when Lilibeth finds out about the secrets that were hidden for centuries?