Bastien's Bride

Bastien’s father’s ultimatum was clear: marry, or the family title and all the entailed properties would go back to the crown upon his father’s death. Bastien wanted nothing more than to tell his father to go to hell, but instead, he found himself conceding. He didn’t care who she was; he’d marry the next girl his parents put in front of him. What he didn’t expect was to be utterly charmed by the bookish and boldly honest Lady Sarah. Maybe, just maybe, Bastien wasn’t a lost cause, and even a consummate ne’er-do-well deserved his own happily ever after.

Bastien’s Bride is a spin-off novella from the world first introduced in the Forge Trilogy. While Bastien’s Bride can absolutely be read and loved as a stand-alone, for full enjoyment, one may choose to first read the Forge Trilogy (Deal with the Devil, Luck of the Devil, and Heart of the Devil).