LOVE HER EVERMORE

She needed to escape. He offered a solution. But risking his heart wasn't part of the plan.

England, 1956. Dane Wellington doesn't believe in love-but he believes in honor. The sworn bachelor spent years watching his father rescue Katie Clarke, his tenant's daughter, beginning with saving her life when she was just three. When Dane discovers Katie's well-meaning parents have pressured her to accept reality and a wealthy brute, honor compels him to act.

His solution: a platonic marriage, just until Katie turns twenty-one and can claim her freedom. It's temporary. Uncomplicated. A duty fulfilled.

What Dane doesn't know is the secret his father has held close to his heart: a vision that Dane and Katie are destined for each other. That his son will love her evermore.

Under his father's guidance, Katie transforms-blossoming from a desperate girl into a stunning woman who stays true to her deepest conviction: that love is life's greatest gift; without it, you have nothing. Although an endearing friendship grows between them, Dane's past wounds run deep, and his heart remains carefully guarded.

Tragically, his father's sudden death shatters them both-and changes everything. In the raw aftermath of unimaginable grief, something ignites between them. Katie discovers a treasure worth fighting for-even if loving him tears her apart. And Dane's desperate desire is eating through every sworn boundary, emotions he can't control and doesn't want to name.

Katie must make him see the truth: in the end, his father wasn't revered for his wealth or prestige, but for his humanity and philanthropy-for his capacity to love. The very thing Dane refuses to embrace.

They stand at opposite ends of the spectrum. She believes love is everything. He believes it's a fool's game-a trap.

And as the end of their marriage looms, the three pivotal words she needs to hear may be the ones her true love can never say.

Was his father right? Will Dane protect his heart-or love her evermore?