Never His True Bride

Summary

For seven years, I was the woman standing in Derek Hayes’s shadow. And for seven years, the world decided I was the shameless one—the desperate girl clinging to a man who would never put a ring on her finger.

I had been slapped. I had been called a homewrecker in front of strangers.

One of our few mutual friends who knew the truth couldn’t bear it anymore. Just weeks ago, he’d cornered Derek over the phone. “Are you really going to let Brooke carry all the dirt? You’re going to let everyone call her a side piece and never give her a real name?”