[ REIMAGINAÇÃO DA HISTÓRIA DAS ILHAS BRITÂNICAS]
Um armistício assinado há 50 anos está pronto para ter fim. Mas nem todos os três reinos das Ilhas Calcestes parecem estar prontos para o recomeço de épocas turbulentas. Ao sul da Ilha Maior, o Reino de Kastary segue governado pela linhagem dos Thori, que durante duzentos anos realizou várias tentativas de tomar os reinos vizinhos. O trato assinado pelos três reinos que ocupam as ilhas era a única coisa que impedia Kastary de invadir seus vizinhos. Agora, o Rei Grendon ocupa o trono e sua personalidade sagaz e astuta não poupará esforços para finalizar sua sangrenta conquista. No Norte, em Lith, o Rei Cecil está morrendo e sua única filha, Mirian, é a próxima na linha de sucessão, mas ela terá muitos empecilhos entre ela e a coroa de sua família até que tudo se resolva. Na Ilha Menor, o único reino que lá ocupa é governado pelo jovem Willken Jenvoy, de um ramo muito distante na dinastia que governa o Reino de Humni. Sua corte é tóxica e diversas conspirações acontecem para tirá-lo do poder. Acompanhe a jornada de reis e príncipes, lordes e senhores, plebeus e marujos, enquanto a guerra entre os três reinos das Ilhas Calcestes é iminente e o pior está apenas por vir.
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.