✔ Ex-Friends to Lovers
✔ Victorian Era
✔ Slow Burn
✔ Forced Proximity
✔ He falls first
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England, 1852.
Roselyn Whitewood once believed in love, but life has taught her otherwise. Abandoned by her mother at the age of five and bound to an arranged engagement to settle her father's debts, Roselyn has long since buried her romantic dreams. After years of struggle, she has finally found a sense of peace at Trevone Hall, her beloved home.
But her peace is shattered when Ignatius Clark, her childhood rival, suddenly reappears in her life. With his teasing smiles and constant annoying comments, Clark seems set on driving her mad. But when their friction begins to shift toward an unlikely friendship, Roselyn begins to wonder if there's more between them than she's willing to admit...