Content Warning:This book contains explicit adult scenes, strong language, and a romance that begins with hostility and evolves into intense passion. It features themes of power dynamics, forced proximity, and enemies-to-lovers. Recommended for mature readers only (18+).THIS STORY AND THE EVENTS, INCLUDING THE ARRANGED MARRIAGE, ARE PURELY FICTIONAL.*** BLURBI am Lady Elena… or perhaps I should call myself the spare princess? Either way, I prefer to be addressed as “Lady.” While living quietly with my father in King Harold’s palace—my father’s cousin—I had no remarkable story to tell.There was a war.Yet within the palace walls, we were untouched by it. My father opposed the fighting, but they claimed the borders had to be defended against the Scots.My story began the day I was given away to a ruthless Scot as a war prize… all in the name of peace. I was eighteen when I crossed into Scottish lands, unaware of what awaited me there.***

+21 “You really need to be quiet now,” he whispered. “Unless you want the people in this office to hear.” “This doesn’t mean I’ll be yours.” “You already are mine, Amber.” He parted my legs and knelt in front of me. In one swift move, he pushed my panties aside and slid his fingers across my soaked folds. “Ahhh… don’t…” I whimpered. “Miss Lawyer,” he murmured, his fingers stroking me with maddening precision, ““when it comes to winning… all’s fair in love and war.”