“That is love, ye ken. It’s always been a fool’s game.”
Celestia McLean’s family is on the brink of ruin. With her father’s health rapidly declining, Celestia needs to take over the whiskey business as well. But who would respect a woman in charge?
Laird Anthony Moore needs an heir. And a wife. And Celestia is the perfect choice, for she is insufferable, so he knows he would never love her. Though his body yearns for her…
Celestia wants to marry for love; yet she knows Anthony won’t love her. So, they make a deal: he will get a wife, and she will be in charge of the whiskey business. No love, only business.
Except that, when someone threatens Celestia, Anthony turns into a beast to protect her…
