A deal with the devil... Ten years removed from a love affair that ended in heartbreak, Felicity Cabot wants only to live out her quiet life as a teacher. But when her school suffers a devastating financial blow that threatens to see it—and her beloved friend and mentor—ripped away from her, she knows there is only one person who can save them both in time. Her former lover, Ian Carlisle. Nobody holds a grudge quite like Felicity Cabot. Ian Carlisle has waited years for the opportunity to have her back in his arms, and now it is his at last as the brink of ruin brings her to his door. Without any other options, she takes the deal he offers: financial salvation, in exchange for her hand. But the love she once gave to him freely cannot be bought back. It can only be earned. Now, as their tense marriage begins, and with old spectres of Felicity’s past looming in the shadows, can Ian prove to her that he’s no longer the man who broke her heart