Miaoyan Cai

Serena Hader, a motherless farm girl, cares for her ailing father while enduring abuse from her stepbrother and cruel stepmother. To survive, she sells vegetables—until one night, she shares an unforgettable encounter with the powerful Prince Regent, Jason Shaw. Mistaking her intentions, Jason leaves her with only a pendant, unaware she’s pregnant. Eight months later, Serena flees home to escape her stepbrother’s advances and nearly miscarries—only to be saved by a marquis.

Village girl Tina Lynch is forced by her stepmother to spend a night with a wealthy man for the family farm. By accident, she ends up with Gabe Nelson, who proposes marriage as compensation. Disguised as a poor laborer, Gabe secretly supports Tina, who loves him for who she thinks he is. When her jealous sister causes trouble, he reveals his true identity, and together they set things right.

Nineteen years lost to time, Leah York is plucked from obscurity by the family she never knew, only to face a chilling fate: marrying a man believed to be dead in her adoptive sister's stead. Just when her world threatens to collapse, a twist shatters every expectation. Her fiancé, the notorious and cold-hearted Chad Ford, isn't only alive—he's enamored with her. As he showers her with tenderness no one thought him capable of, whispers swirl.