Time was such a strange melody. When Peggy had died, Eliza felt like the day lasted just a second. Short, pure with pain, incomprehensible as she lost her younger sister to the hands of death. When her mother died, the night felt like early morning, the beginning of just another sorrowful day. When Philip, her son, threw away his shot, the day was slow, never ending, a loop of misery that crawled to her insides and resided on her very own soul. When Alexander laid with Eliza for the last time, holding her hand, the day was like a hurricane- quiet, but ever so loud inside her mind.
Time was such a strange melody, and she felt like she was running out of time.
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." -Benjamin Franklin
(The story of the woman who gave up her life to save her husband's legacy. But, who will tell her story?)
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.