The Unwanted Marriage – Maura Catharina (2024)

Dion and Faye have been engaged since childhood, but their ten-year age gap led Dion to stay away from her for years, even attending boarding school overseas and college in the UK. Unknown to everyone, part of his reluctance stems from guilt: he believes he was responsible for the deaths of his parents and Faye’s mother in a plane crash, and he cannot face Faye. When he is forced to return home for the wedding he can no longer escape, he discovers that his timid fiancée now has a boyfriend. After intercepting the two on their way to a hotel room in a hotel owned by his family, he becomes increasingly intrigued by the parts of Faye she hides from the world. The more he learns about her, the harder he falls. Yet it soon becomes clear that all Faye has ever wanted is true freedom, something she never had in her abusive household. She soothes his soul and heals his wounds, but how can he keep her captive in a marriage she never wanted when she is meant to fly? Dion learns that sometimes letting someone go is the best way to love them, though he does not expect that sometimes love is worth coming back home for too. The book is in English.