The Winter Bride

Bound by Vows. Divided by Choice.

In the waning days of summer, Maeryn is given in marriage to the one man she has always loved—and never as a wife.

Cedric has been her protector, her companion, her constant. But when vows are spoken and the feast is done, he rides north at dawn, leaving behind only a few cold words and a silence that cuts deeper than any betrayal.

In a house ruled by cruelty and quiet contempt, Maeryn is left to endure the life chosen for her—a bride in name, a burden in truth. With winter closing in and no promise of his return, she must learn what it is to stand alone, to survive where she is not wanted, and to find strength in a world that has denied her choice at every turn.

Yet absence does not erase what lies between them.

And when the road that took him away begins, at last, to lead back—

Maeryn must decide whether the man who left her is one she can ever receive again.