{"product_id":"the-edge-of-belonging-a-marriage-of-necessity-a-love-forged-in-ruin-9798264102714","title":"The edge of belonging: A Marriage of Necessity A love Forged in Ruin","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alicia Willcock\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA marriage of convenience. A war-torn estate. Two enemies destined to find home in each other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirginia, 1867. The Civil War has left scars no one can hide. Clara Whitmore is a Southern widow clinging to pride and the shattered remains of her family's estate, Rosewood Hall. Once filled with laughter and legacy, it now stands as a house of ghosts and cracked plaster. If she loses Rosewood, she loses the last of who she was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaptain Nathaniel Hale, a Union veteran with a limp and a ledger full of ambition, has endured battles, guilt, and silence. The war gave him scars, but left him hungry for redemption. To survive the new South, he needs legitimacy - and land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen desperation forces Clara and Nathaniel into a marriage of convenience, both expect only duty, distance, and resentment. But as they rebuild the estate together - facing hostile neighbors, whispered scandal, and the reckoning of Reconstruction - necessity turns into something far more dangerous: affection, trust, even love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a landscape scarred by ruin, they will discover that belonging is not inherited, but chosen.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47576480579735,"sku":"9798264102714","price":1266.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798264102714.webp?v=1774900891","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-edge-of-belonging-a-marriage-of-necessity-a-love-forged-in-ruin-9798264102714","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}