Sheâs mine...
But will her innocence break all my rules?
Iâve never wanted anything like I want heiress Imogen Fitzalan. I married her to secure my empireâbut my untouched wife has ignited an undeniable hunger in me. Desire beyond reason wasnât my plan, yet now I have a new aim: to strip away her obedience, and replace it with a fierce passion to match my own...
Feel the heat in this intense marriage of convenience romance
USA TODAY bestselling and RITA® Awardânominated author CAITLIN CREWS loves loves writing romance. She teaches her favorite romance novels in creative writing classes at places like UCLA Extensionâs prestigious Writersâ Program, where she finally gets to utilise the MA and PhD in English Literature she received from the University of York in England. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest, with her very own hero and too many pets. Visit her at caitlincrews.com.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-08728-5
MY BOUGHT VIRGIN WIFE
© 2018 Caitlin Crews
Published in Great Britain 2018
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IN THE MORNING I was to marry a monster.
It did not matter what I wanted. It certainly did not matter what I felt. I was the youngest daughter of Dermot Fitzalan, bound in duty to my fatherâs wishes as women in my family had been forever.
I had always known my fate.
But it turned out I was less resigned to it than Iâd anticipated when I was younger and far more silly. And when my wedding had not loomed before me, beckoning like some kind of inevitable virus that nothing could keep at bay.
There were no home remedies for my fatherâs wishes.
âYou cannot let Father see you in this state, Imogen,â my half sister, Celeste, told me briskly as she swept in. âIt will only make things worse for you.â
I knew she was right. The unfortunate truth was that Celeste was usually right about everything. Elegant, graceful Celeste, who had submitted to her duty with a smile on her face and every appearance of quiet joy. Stunning, universally adored Celeste, who had the willowy blond looks of her late mother and to whom I had forever been comparedâand found lacking. My own lost mother had been a titian-haired bombshell, pale of skin and mysteriously emerald of eye, but I resembled her only in the way a fractured reflection, beheld through a mist, might. Next to my half sister, I had always felt like the Fitzalan troll, better suited to a life beneath a bridge somewhere than the grand society life Iâd been bred and trained for.
The life Celeste took to with such ease.
Even today, the day before my wedding when theoretically I would be the one looked at, Celeste looked poised and chic in her simple yet elegantly cut clothes. Her pale blond hair was twisted back into an effortless chignon and sheâd applied only the faintest hint of cosmetics to enhance her eyes and dramatic cheekbones. While I had yet to change out of my pajamas though it was midday already and I knew without having to look that my curls were in their usual state of disarray.