Vivian Avery has spent years believing she is too broken to be chosen. At thirty, she is a dedicated teacher with a quiet life, a wounded heart, and a diagnosis that once convinced every man to walk away.
Then Margaret Hale, the owner of the academy where Vivian works, offers her a marriage she cannot easily refuse: become the wife of Sebastian Hale, a widower with five children who need a mother and a home still grieving the woman they lost.
What begins as pressure, duty, and a bargain slowly becomes something neither Vivian nor Sebastian expected. In a house full of guarded children, old wounds, and secrets that should never have been buried, Vivian will discover that motherhood is not only about blood. It is about love, courage, and the family that chooses you back.
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