Melissa White couldn’t understand the heartbreaking twists and turns that life had dealt her. Losing her mother at a young age, her father’s new wife hated her with a passion. But when her Papa died a few months later, Melissa was suddenly homeless. With nowhere to go, Melissa did what any other woman of a marriageable age did! She found herself a husband quickly, forgoing all her dreams of marrying for love like her parents once had… until she met her charming groom, Alaric.
Alaric Chevalier had once served at the fort in Quebec, but a bitter spat with a commanding officer suddenly had him reassigned to Lore Valley, contracting the very illness that nearly wiped out the town. Weak, proud, and with a new outlook on life, Alaric realizes that fate has given him a second chance at life and love.
Melissa White couldn’t understand the heartbreaking twists and turns that life had dealt her. Losing her mother at a young age, her father’s new wife hated her with a passion. But when her Papa died a few months later, Melissa was suddenly homeless. With nowhere to go, Melissa did what any other woman of a marriageable age did! She found herself a husband quickly, forgoing all her dreams of marrying for love like her parents once had… until she met her charming groom, Alaric.
Alaric Chevalier had once served at the fort in Quebec, but a bitter spat with a commanding officer suddenly had him reassigned to Lore Valley, contracting the very illness that nearly wiped out the town. Weak, proud, and with a new outlook on life, Alaric realizes that fate has given him a second chance at life and love.