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Heartstrings and Mercenary Things by Sarah Primiano:
 
Love was never part of the plan...
 
Claire dreams of a life untouched by hardship. So, when Claire is promised to a wealthy stranger to settle her mother’s debt, she tells herself that a secure life is within reach, but the journey there is anything but safe. Her escort, Ash, is a hardened mercenary bound to the very Duke Claire is meant to marry.
 
Somewhere between shared nights by the fire and battles fought side by side, Claire begins to see beyond Ash’s hardened exterior, and Ash begins to realize the line between protecting Claire and wanting her is starting to blur.
 
As danger closes in and loyalties tangle with something far more fragile, Claire must choose between the life she was promised or risk everything for a love she was never meant to find.