Book excerpt: She married him to save her family. He married her out of duty. What happens when she breaks the rules and falls in love? It was a marriage of convenience. After Lucy Wallace’s parents died tragically, she needed to secure a future for herself and her younger sister. So, when her father's business partner, Will Arlington, offers to marry her and take her sister in as his own, she says yes. Lucy knows what’s expected of her in exchange for Will saving them from ruin—to provide a home and family for him. But a child is the one thing Lucy is never able to give her husband, and soon they sleep in different rooms and lead separate lives. Then one day, Lucy witnesses something that changes everything, and she fears her darkest secret may come to light. Because she's done the one thing that was forbidden from the moment she said I Do. She fell in love with her husband. Can she make the impossible choice… stay in her loveless marriage or break her heart by leaving? Start reading Lucy's Awakening a steamy marriage-of-convenience "page-turner" now! Publisher's Note: The series is connected through characters, but each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone.