Summary
Luce, daughter of a duke, is devastated when her stepsister steals her fiancé. To salvage the situation, her family arranges a marriage to Arnolfo, known ominously as the “Marquis of Death.”
Hoping for one last memory of freedom, Luce attends a masquerade ball and has a passionate one-night stand with a mysterious masked man. She expects it to remain a secret… until wedding day reveals her husband to be that very same stranger—Arnolfo himself.
Not wanting to appear scandalous, Luce keeps her identity hidden initially. However, her new husband gently pursues her nightly with tenderness that echoes their first encounter… and she can’t help but reciprocate