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The broken captain and the discarded bride.

Captain Nathaniel Ashbourne returns from war with a reputation for discipline, restraint, and a future already mapped out in duty and distance. A practical marriage is all he intends, nothing more.

Eliza Harrow has already learned what it means to be quietly dismissed by society. One broken engagement was enough to make her cautious, and the whispers that followed were enough to make her unwanted.

When circumstances bind them in a marriage of ...
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The broken captain and the discarded bride.

Captain Nathaniel Ashbourne returns from war with a reputation for discipline, restraint, and a future already mapped out in duty and distance. A practical marriage is all he intends, nothing more.

Eliza Harrow has already learned what it means to be quietly dismissed by society. One broken engagement was enough to make her cautious, and the whispers that followed were enough to make her unwanted.

When circumstances bind them in a marriage of convenience, neither expects anything beyond civility. Separate lives. Polite companionship. No complications.

But civility has a way of softening at the edges. Eliza begins to realize she is not merely tolerated in Nathaniel Ashbourne’s home. She is noticed.

When her past returns in the form of old names and sharper smiles, Nathaniel does not stand aside. He steps forward and without asking permission, he claims the one thing he never intended to want. His wife.
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