Much of this story is melancholy until Fitz comes to his senses and realizes what a gem he has and how the memory of Isabelle is nothing more than that - a memory. In flashbacks we see the early days of their eight year marriage and how it grew into a true partnership between friends. He intends to live with her, but only after he has sired an heir from his wife - Millie. Millie, an heiress who has been in love with Fitz from the first, must face facts that his old love, Isabelle, has returned from India a widow. Has their pact bred only a great friendship-or has it, without either of them quite noticing, given rise to a great love? Read moreĪn emotional second installment in the Fitzhugh Trilogy centering on Millie and Fitz and their arranged marriage.
Her husband, who has become her very best friend, but nothing more.Her husband, who plans to reunite with his childhood sweetheart, the beautiful and newly widowed Isabella, as soon as he has honored the pact with his wife.As the hour they truly become husband-and-wife draws near, both Millie and Fitzhugh must face the truth in their hearts. Somehow Millie has fallen head over heels in love with her husband. After which, they will lead separate lives. Because of her youth, they have agreed to wait eight years before consummating the marriage-and then, only to beget an heir. And in return, the Earl Fitzhugh receives the benefit of her vast wealth, saving his family from bankruptcy. She gets to be a Countess by marrying an impoverished Earl. Millicent understands the terms of her arranged marriage all too well.
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