Mariah Glover
With no dowry or title, Rosella did not expect much in life and always felt belittled until a move out of her little seaside village to the city of Bath turns her small, insignificant world upside down. The mysterious, dark man that intrigued her more than she wanted makes her question things she thought was answered, and is there more to him than meets the eye? Are the horrid things people said about him true? If so, then why was she drawn to him?Winston York, lord of the largest estate and with more pounds a year than anyone else in those parts wished he had never been born. Mistakes and mishaps in his past turned him into the beast that everyone titled him, causing him to shut himself out from the outside world. He was determined to live the rest of his days in misery...until arose, a young maiden, appears unexpectedly into his life, turning hisworld upside down. Why was she not repulsed by his beastly looks likeeveryone else? Why did he desire to be a better man when he wasaround her? Could she truly love him-a man filled with scars? Darkness, jealousy, and betrayal are around every corner, threatening to destroy everything Winston and Rosella holds dear. Could they learnto put things in God’s hands, or would Winston succumb to the beast that everyone believed him to be?
