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Devil in Winter
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A shy heiress needs protection from relatives determined to control her future, so she approaches a notorious rake with a proposal that is practical, scandalous, and immediate: marriage. He gains access to her fortune and she gains a husband dangerous enough to keep her family away. The arrangement comes with strict terms, including limits on intimacy after the wedding night. That condition turns a simple bargain into a contest between reputation, desire, and trust. The historical setting gives both leads clear reasons to treat marriage as law, money, and shelter before it can become affection. Readers get a marriage-of-convenience romance with a guarded heroine, a socially reckless hero, and sustained tension over whether either can honor the agreement without using it as another form of control.
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