The Undaunted Bride

the long version

NO MARRIAGE RING WOULD CHAIN HER When Beatrice wed Gareth Risborough, the Baron of Brook, she was forced to vow to love, honor, and obey him. Nothing, however, could force her to keep those vows. Never would she love this man who made it clear he had no love for her. Never would she honor this man whose past was anything but honorable. Never would she obey this man, even though he made her his virtual prisoner in a manor where his word was law and his will was iron. This arrogant lord would find that it was far easier to wed Beatrice than to win her love and loyalty, even as she discovered that it was as possible for her to be wrong as it was impossible to admit it.