The Plain Bride

🔥 A Ruined Reputation. A Forced Marriage. A Love That Neither of Them Expected. 🔥

Sinclair Wortham, Lord Mayville, is no stranger to regret. Haunted by the sins of his family and the rejection of the woman he once loved, he seeks solace in the bottom of a brandy glass—or, failing that, in the arms of a willing tavern maid. But fate has other, far crueler plans. One drunken misstep, one wrong door, and instead of returning to his inn, he finds himself in the bedchamber of the vicar’s plain, overlooked daughter… and very much caught.

Althea Parker has spent her life in the shadows—unnoticed, unremarkable, and unwanted by the very man she has secretly loved for years. But when Lord Mayville stumbles into her room in a drunken stupor, she does what any respectable woman would do—she screams. Loudly. And now, with half the village as witnesses, marriage is the only option.

Forced into a union neither of them asked for, Sinclair and Althea must navigate a life together built on duty, not desire. But as icy civility turns into heated arguments, stolen glances, and unexpected longing, Sinclair begins to realize that his plain bride is anything but ordinary… and Althea learns that sometimes, the man you’ve always loved needs to be broken before he can be made whole.

💋 A deeply emotional, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance filled with angst, passion, and the undeniable pull of fate. Perfect for fans of Kerrigan Byrne, Lisa Kleypas, and Eloisa James.

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