Lily D. Grays

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The Ruined Bride

11 August 2026

For five years, Sophie Moreau has lived behind closed doors, unable to bear the smallest touch. Now she is about to become someone's wife.Once the cherished daughter of a powerful family, Sophie is now the woman society whispers about: the ruined bride, abandoned by her fiancé and marked by a scandal she never chose.Marrying her comes with a price.So when Viktor Rowks, a man with a reputation as damaged as her own, asks for her hand, Sophie sees the offer for what it is: an exchange. One cage for another. One that will help her family, silence the whispers, and bury the ambitions she was never meant to have.All with a man whose friends destroyed her life.Is this marriage a way for Viktor to clean his name, claim an alliance, or something else? And would agreeing to this marriage lead Sophie to disappear entirely, or would she find a way to reclaim her life?