A FORBIDDEN DESIRE
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When her mistress, Isabella, is tragically lost at sea in a shipwreck, Chasity Hemings is left with no choice but to seek out the man Isabella was meant to marry for help.
Eric Donahue, is ready to settle down, hoping to raise his young daughter with the bride he has come to love through their letters. But when Chasity arrives on his doorstep with the devastating news of Isabella's death, his plans are shattered.
As Chasity stays at the Donahue residence, sparks fly between her and Eric, but both are held back by a shared loyalty to the memory of Isabella as well as societal standards. Can they overcome the shadow of the past and embrace the future together?
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