Book One
Book 1
By: Leah Conolly

Annabella: Forced Marriage Historical Regency Romance

Leah Conolly
 When love is forbidden, the heart must choose between desire and duty.
 SYMBOLS OF LOVE   Book One

Annabella had always been a seamstress, working tirelessly in her adoptive mother’s modiste shop. After her mother’s passing, Annabella inherits the business and must find a way to keep it afloat. Just as she’s starting to worry about her future, a grand opportunity presents itself: the Duchess announces a competition for all seamstresses and modistes. The winner will become the personal modiste to the Duchess and her daughter, Patience.

Annabella works tirelessly to create the perfect bridal gown, pouring her heart and soul into every stitch. When the competition results are announced, Annabella is overjoyed to discover that she has won. She starts working for the Duchess and her daughter, Patience, a shy girl who secretly longs for true love but is resigned to marrying whoever her overprotective mother chooses for her.

As Annabella grows closer to Patience, she also meets a charming man named Allan Hardy. Annabella falls deeply in love with him, but her heart is broken when she discovers that he is actually the Duke – the man who is to be Patience’s husband.

A complicated situation arises, causing all of them to suffer until the secrets of the past are revealed. Throughout the story, the theme of butterflies weaves its way through as Annabella discovers the power of transformation and the beauty that can emerge from even the darkest moments.

Will Annabella find love and success, or will her dreams be dashed in the face of duty and obligation?

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Leah, or Leou as her friends call her is a South Dakota native. She describes herself as an affordable psychiatrist since she started reading books out of curiosity for the deeper exploration of the subconscious. She later studied psychology and criminology in NY, but she returned to her hometown when the family business was at risk of closing.

Ten years later, she writes books to capture the feelings of every major life event she encountered so far. Thankfully, her romantic nature considers everything to be important resulting in immense writing activity! In her spare time, she provides online counseling for free to women in need.

She considers her marriage to be a great adventure and as her husband recalls “every time we argue she comes back later with a new book based on our disagreements set in a different century!”

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