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Summary
Lady Hale was given to a war hero at seventeen and told to be grateful. Three years later, she lives in a house clinging to the cliffs and a marriage that feels more like an endless storm than a sanctuary. Captain Garrick Hale is lauded in the capital as a brave commander; only his young wife knows how easily his hands turn from gallant to cruel when the doors close.
When Captain Caleb Rowan, a former comrade, arrives at Halecliff House, old loyalty collides with the evidence of his own eyes: bruises half-hidden, flinches smoothed into practiced smiles, a “hero” who treats his wife like rope to be used and discarded. Caleb has spent his life following orders. This time, he draws a line.
A midnight escape, a small coastal fort, and a door with a key on her side become the beginning of something Lady Hale has never had before—choice. As Garrick circles and the law weighs war crimes against domestic ones, she must decide whether to keep running, to return and face him… or to stand her ground with the man who refuses to return her to the man who broke her.
Series
- Part 5 of The Alderwyn Brides