From Duty to Devotion

Ines accepts a marriage proposal from a nobleman known as the “Cold-Blooded Marquess” after enduring abuse from her stepmother, stepsister, and husband. She hopes to reclaim what she has lost by taking his hand in marriage. Since childhood, Ines has suffered at the hands of her stepmother and stepsister. Her stepsister once poured boiling water on her, leaving a scar that leads her abusive new husband to call her ugly. When he begins an affair with Ines’s stepsister, the marquess approaches Ines with a proposal.