Once a senator’s pampered daughter, I was forced to marry a ruthless Army captain after my family was branded traitors. Now I endure humiliation, cold nights, and whispers that he’ll pass me off to his men once he’s bored. But when I finally fight back—and call him 'babe'—I discover the man I fear might be the only one desperate to protect me, and the only one who knows where my missing parents are.
Natalie and Caleb are reborn with memories of a lifetime of love—only this time, he wants nothing to do with her. She sacrifices everything, enduring small-town shame and heartbreak, as Caleb rises in power and chooses the governor’s daughter instead. When she’s humiliated and nearly drowns at Madison’s hands, Caleb saves his fiancée, not her, forcing Natalie to finally let go—until one lie changes everything, and Caleb realizes too late that he might lose her for good.
Pierce always thought I’d wait in the shadows while he married power, never dreaming another man might offer me a way out. Now I must choose: stay his secret, or risk everything for Sergeant Young’s promise of a real life. On the day Pierce weds the senator’s daughter, I’ll make my own escape—if I’m brave enough to take it.