My Second First Marriage

Demia Lawrence, the daughter of a fallen baron, secretly marries her childhood friend Dyrtehen Romerby, but their life together is marked by abuse and abandonment. Dyrtehen leaves for the capital on business soon after the wedding and does not return for five years, while Demia grows increasingly dependent on him and suffers at the hands of his mother. When Demia discovers that her mother-in-law is plotting to kill her, she flees the Romerby home. After enduring many hardships, she reaches the house of Evan Hasworth, another childhood friend. Evan has grown from a sweet boy into a mature man who seems hostile toward her for reasons she does not understand. Demia must escape the Romerbys’ control and resolve the misunderstandings between herself and Evan.