The Promise

After years of friendship, Marjorie and Lazlo begin to realize their affection for each other runs deeper.
As the son of a landed Lord, Lazlo is expected to marry within his rank, and Marjorie, as a girl in a potions shop doesn't fit the bill.
If they don't come up with a plan to bond themselves to each other, then Lazlo will be forced to marry a woman of his mother's choosing.

The Promise is a short story that is a prequel to The Ring of Souls. It contains steamy scenes, on-page sex, an arranged marriage, friends to lovers.