Her Father Forced Her to Marry a Widowed Man in the Mountains — But She Never Expected to Find a Place She Could Truly Call Home

her small hand into Ellie’s. Ben stood close at her side. Caleb watched from near the door, quiet but steady.

And Ellie remembered who she’d become.

She lifted her chin.

“This is my home,” she said.

Her father’s eyes narrowed. “Don’t forget who arranged all this.”

Ellie’s voice didn’t shake.

“You may have sent me here,” she replied, “but you don’t own the continue reading …