The Devil's Bride
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THE DEVIL'S BRIDE
Mature | Dark Romance | Psycho-Thriller | Military | Arranged Marriage
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Clara Victoria Moretti was the daughter her mother wanted forgotten.
Abandoned at eight and raised in an orphanage, Clara returns twelve years later to the Moretti Estate with no wealth, no education, and no understanding of the world she was born into.
But she isn't brought home because her family suddenly loves her.
She's brought back because Elvira Moretti-the legitimate heiress-refuses to marry General Maxim Valentin Vasiliev.
Known as the Devil, Maxim is a ruthless Russian military commander feared by soldiers, politicians, and anyone unfortunate enough to cross him.
So the Morettis make a trade.
Elvira's place becomes Clara's.
Clara is sent to marry a man everyone fears, believing marriage is nothing more than a beautiful dress, flowers, and saying I do.
Maxim immediately realizes he has been deceived.
His bride isn't the sophisticated heiress he expected.
She's innocent. Sheltered. Blunt. Completely clueless about the dangerous world surrounding her.
He should punish the Morettis for their deception.
Instead, the Devil becomes fascinated by the girl who isn't afraid of him simply because she doesn't understand why she should be.
But Clara has secrets of her own.
What happened during the twelve years she spent at Saint Augustine?
Why was she hidden?
And why are powerful people suddenly interested in the girl everyone thought was worthless?
Perhaps the Morettis made one fatal mistake.
They thought they were sacrificing Clara to the Devil.
What they don't know is that Clara may have been playing a role all along.
And if her innocence was only an act...
Then the real question isn't whether the Devil will destroy Clara.
It's whether Clara came back to destroy them first.
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