Synopsis
In the stripped-down drawing room of the Caldwell Estate, Verity stands on a faded Persian rug, watching three greasy men bid on her indentured contract to pay off her father's massive debts. Her sarcastic commentary is a shield against the horror until Kian Rourke, her ex-lover from a different life, bursts in to outbid them all. Verity believes she has been saved by romance, only to discover that Kian hasn't bought her freedom—he has bought a maid.
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