The Mountain Man’s Bride

Eighteen-year-old Annabelle Bishop brought disgrace to her family when she was caught kissing a girl behind the church. For this sacrilegious act, her punishment was to marry Hugo Davenport, whose family had been exiled from their conservative Christian community for a crime so egregious and against God that no one would even tell her what it was.

Hugo came to town seeking forgiveness and a bride, and Annabelle’s family was willing to overlook his family’s shame to get rid of their own.

Ten years her senior, Annabelle has no interest in Hugo, or any man for that matter. She’s a feminist who wants to burn her bra and her Bible and move to the big city.

She has no way of getting there, and so, she settles for a life with Hugo deep in the woods far away from the sanctimonious stares in her village. Hugo seems kind, and she knows that eventually, she can get away from him.

Annabelle will soon learn that Hugo’s kindness doesn’t mean he’s weak, and that a multitude of sins lies behind those kind blue eyes, each more delicious than the last.

By the time she sees the light at the end of the tunnel, she’s in too deep, the darkness is too sweet and the only thing she wants to do is surrender to it.