📱 eBook en inglés THE BLACKSMITH'S BRIDE

England, 1383: thirty years ago, the Black Death overturned the social order. Two years ago, a band of rebels tried and failed to oppose their unfair taxation at the hands of the kings men. In the Nottinghamshire countryside, however, Elizabeth has bigger problems: shes fallen pregnant by her employer, is the sole supporter of her widowed mother and her younger siblings, and needs to find a husband - fast. Shes just about ready to despair at her lack of prospects when hope appears from an unexpected source: her best friend Matthew, upon learning of her situation, offers to marry her to keep her and her child safe.

Matthews problem isnt that he doesnt want to marry Elizabeth - quite the opposite. Hes been quietly in love with her since they were children, holding his tongue because he knew she would never be able to marry and leave her family behind. Hed assumed that this state of affairs was permanent, and had been busy fending off his sisters attempts at marrying him off when Elizabeth tells him shes in need of a husband and he impulsively offers her his hand in marriage. No, his problem is that he cant tell her that hes actually marrying her for love - after all, she believes its a matter of convenience, and if he confessed his true feelings, it would throw their whole relationship off-balance. But while hed resigned himself to pining from afar, he hadnt been prepared to pine from one side of a shared bed . . .

As Matthew and Elizabeth learn to live together as man and wife, it becomes increasingly clear that the affection between them is growing into something more than the bond between childhood friends. But as vassals, their lives are not their own, and threats to their respective families threaten to tear them apart just as theyve begun to find each other.