The Bride He Used to Break His Curse

Duke Arthur is cursed. Marrying Katherine would kill her, so he must wed a woman whose blood carries the same rune and move his doom onto her and her child. He takes Elana from the street with her mother's life as leverage. He loves her slowly, and learns the girl who saved him at the cliff was her, not Katherine. Two ice roses shatter. Five years later Elana returns with his son. Arthur pours his own life into her.