Ginny Greene has always been easy to ignore. Her sisters were married off to fine men, making her own marriage unimportant. Her family was happy to leave her in the music room for long hours, forgotten.
But Ginny is about to be put on the shelf. And there are certain parts of her that have gone ignored long enough. She refuses to be forgotten entirely - and if there is one man who would take her any way he could get her, it's William Bancroft.
*****
William Bancroft has a great many problems, but he likes to think that none of them exist. Not his childhood. Not his anger issues. All of them can be conveniently forgotten.
What cannot be forgotten is his promise to himself that he would marry Ginny Greene. He's certainly put it off long enough. It is now time to go and collect his bride.
The problem? She only wants one part of him. And if she is going to acquiesce to marriage, she is going to demand things he cannot give her. Not ever.
TWs:
In-depth discussion of CSA and its repercussions in adulthood/intimacy
Explicit scenes of self-harm using fire
Discussions of consent/lack of consent
Secretive sexual encounters
Forced marriage
Genre: Historical Romance
But Ginny is about to be put on the shelf. And there are certain parts of her that have gone ignored long enough. She refuses to be forgotten entirely - and if there is one man who would take her any way he could get her, it's William Bancroft.
*****
William Bancroft has a great many problems, but he likes to think that none of them exist. Not his childhood. Not his anger issues. All of them can be conveniently forgotten.
What cannot be forgotten is his promise to himself that he would marry Ginny Greene. He's certainly put it off long enough. It is now time to go and collect his bride.
The problem? She only wants one part of him. And if she is going to acquiesce to marriage, she is going to demand things he cannot give her. Not ever.
TWs:
In-depth discussion of CSA and its repercussions in adulthood/intimacy
Explicit scenes of self-harm using fire
Discussions of consent/lack of consent
Secretive sexual encounters
Forced marriage
Genre: Historical Romance