“You are mine, no matter what you say. That is my mark, to remind you.

Lady Cecilias heart once beat for her brother's dashing friend. But when hes accused of her brother's death, her love turns to loathing. Forced to live a lonely existence, her life is a shadow of its former self—until a scandal binds her to the very man she blames for her suffering

Duke Lionel, shunned by society and left broken by his best friend's death and fiancée's betrayal, has spent five years in isolation. When he finally steps back into high society, he finds himself locked in a searing, forbidden kiss with Cecilia, his late friend's alluring sister

Forced into a marriage with her sworn enemy, Cecilia must navigate a life she never wanted nor imagined. But resisting the man she once desired becomes more complicated than expected, now that they are forced to share the same roof…