Veronica Bale

a christmas story    a traitorous earl flees and leaves his clansmen to die in his place    an upper class widow falls for a worker from the east end of london    arranged marriage    deceiving an earl    falling in love was not part of the plan    family loyalty honor passion    forced into a marriage she wants no part of    he disregards class distinctions    he is handsome and silver tongued    he must find and protect the noble daughter of an accused traitor    he would give everything for her    hes must earn enough to take care of his family    historical romance    historical scottish romance    landless knight dreams of a home of his own    scottish highlands    she finds the strength of her convictions    she has taken refuge with outlaws    she is a possible traitor to the crown    she is all he desires    she is determined to save her father    she refuses to settle for societal conventions    she takes over running her husbands brewery    the douglas clan is at war    the earl needs to protect his lands    the only thing more dangerous than a lie is love    they intend to seek annulment after the earl dies    victorian england