If You So Desire My Despair

Orphaned at a young age and drowning in her father’s debt, Anastasia spends her days as a starving noble. That is, until her uncle offers her a way out by getting her engaged to his enemy, Duke Theodore Redford. Upon moving in with her fiancé, Anastasia has to endure all sorts of mistreatment from the cruel duke and his servants. But her lonely and depressing life takes a turn when she encounters a certain gentleman at a ball...