The Night I Was Cast Out, I Married the Steam King

Cast out by her husband for being fat, penniless Celia Wrenford answers a notice seeking a mother for a small boy—and steps into the mansion of the feared Steam King, Sir Merrick Ashbourne. Their marriage is a contract, nothing more. Yet her warmth heals his wounded son, Bram, and the cold, powerful Merrick falls for the woman he swore to protect. When her arrogant ex-husband returns to mock her, Merrick claims her publicly as his wife and destroys his business. A paper marriage ignites into tru