I live on the streets of Greyedge, England.
No one here takes notice of anything other than themselves. The upper class is all focused on presenting themselves in the best way possible, middle class on scamming others out of money, lower class on pleasing their masters, and well people like me, finding our next meal. I one of the luckier ones however, I found this nice house, as much as it's falling apart it's better than sleeping on the street. I live there, the roof is caving in, there is no electricity or heat, but it keeps me out of the rain and it's a good hiding place.
Or that's how I used to think, a which cursed me and is now out to kill me. I don't belong anymore, not that I did in the first place.
This is my story, the story of how I got cursed, and my journey to try to un do it.
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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