Living next to each other for so many years and not seeing who is right under your nose! Only the threat of losing Edward forced Connie to admit her love for him. The matter is complicated by the fact that, as part of her duty, she must find him... a bride. Create your own defeat with your own hands! She, however, understands that defeat was prepared much earlier - by false independence, selfishness, mental laziness. And all the same - why is he so pleased with her candidates, why does he constantly brag about his successes with them? And why does she fight like a butterfly against glass in a vain attempt to correct the past? Connie is close to despair. Little does she know that she has fallen into a trap...

Note 2021: Published under the pseudonym Jusie Erquette, but by Jesmine Cresswell.