The Second Son's Second Choice

James Fraser never expected to find himself at the centre of his family's unfulfilled promises. After ‎the sudden death of his brother, Frederick, James is faced with an impossible decision: his father, ‎Lord Alfred Fraser, insists he marries Anne Watson, Frederick's betrothed, to honour a pact made ‎between the two families. But Anne's heart remains bound to Frederick, unwilling to move on.‎

In a surprising twist, James marries Lucy, Anne's youngest sister, instead - despite being drawn to ‎Clara de Vibraye, a captivating widow from his past. Lucy enters the union with her own terms: she ‎will not meddle in James' personal affairs, and he will not demand anything from her. But as the ‎days turn into weeks, their arrangement begins to unravel. Clara's presence starts to weigh heavily ‎on their marriage, and an old family friend of the Watsons, Edmund Lennox, appears, rekindling ‎feelings in Lucy she thought were long gone.‎

With hearts torn between duty, desire, and betrayal, James finds himself unexpectedly falling for his ‎new wife, just as Lucy becomes ensnared in Edmund's dangerous charms. As Clara tries to tighten ‎her grip on James and Edmund's true intentions come to light, James and Lucy must decide if their ‎marriage will survive - or if it was doomed from the start.‎

Will love conquer old promises and new betrayals, or will past entanglements destroy them all?‎