"We demanded reparations, not a bride."
Pressed into marrying a general of the enemy nation, she would find only her future husband's rejection and a cold reception in her new homeland...
As the daughter of a powerful marquess in a small, prosperous nation, Bertine was raised with all the privileges and expectations befitting her station. Yet not long before her wedding day, the king orders her to marry Cecilio instead, a representative of the nation victorious against her own. For she was part of the war reparations. Resigned to her fate, despair in her heart, she crosses the ocean, bound for her new home.
But all that awaited her was Cecilio's absence and his servants' humiliating treatment of her. "I can't rely on my parents or my status. So I shall gain the strength to survive here through my own efforts." Alone and armed only with her resolve, Bertine flees the estate and begins to carve a path that will allow her to live in enemy territory...
A young lady possessed of a hidden talent for business. A general known as "The Battle-Crazed Savage." And their love story, predicated by a misunderstanding and a negotiation starts here!
