Stealing the Bride

Emma Hayes was once a prominent heiress in New York high society, but after her family went bankrupt, she became little more than an appendage to her fiancé, James Sterling. To raise money for her gravely ill grandmother’s medical treatment, she silently endured James’s contempt and abuse. At a party, James offered her up as a “gift” to curry favor with the city’s top tycoon, Adrian Beaumont—never expecting that Adrian would fall for her at first sight. A drunken mistake led Emma into Adrian’s c