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One Chance
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  • Reads 2,169,978
  • Votes 104,817
  • Parts 29
  • Time 6h 12m
littleLo
Complete, First published Aug 13, 2015
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To save her family from financial ruin, Annaliese Dawson agrees to marry a stranger. She knows that the arrangement would probably never lead to love, but as the two begin to trust each other, could it be that they have a chance at true love?

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Matthew Cassidy is a widower baronet with three young children. Convinced that his children deserve a mother, a marriage is promptly arranged between Matthew and Annaliese, a pair that have never met, and are complete opposites. What will it take to bring these two together? They have but one chance to get it right.

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