Scarred Love

<p><strong>A woman who believes love should be simple. A man who hides everything he is. One lie that brings them together - and one truth that might tear them apart.</strong></p><p>Emily has never been the type to ask for fairytales. She grew up in a house where money filled every corner but affection never did so she learned early that the best kind of love is the kind built on simple moments honest words and steady hearts. She wants a quiet life a real chance and a partner who chooses her not because of what she has but because of who she is.</p><p>Gabriel has lived the opposite life. Wealthy. Wanted but not loved. Exhausted. After forty-seven failed blind dates and one too many women who cared more about the size of his bank account than the shape of his heart he does something he never expected - he becomes someone else. He hides his name his money his entire world hoping to meet one person who sees him without the polished surface.</p><p>And somehow on a rainy night and a blind date he almost skipped he meets her.</p><p>Emily thinks he is just another man trying his best in a hard life. Gabriel thinks she is the first person who has ever spoken to him like he is human. Their connection is quiet but strong sweet but uncertain and it pulls them into a sudden marriage that neither of them planned for - and both of them need more than they will admit.</p><p>But secrets do not stay quiet forever.</p><p>As their small shaky life grows into something warm and frighteningly real the truth waits at the door: the lie that Gabriel used to protect his heart may be the very thing that breaks hers. And when the truth finally comes to light they must decide whether love can survive being scarred... or whether some hearts stay broken when the wrong truth arrives at the wrong time.</p><p>Full of slow-burn tenderness messy honesty small comforts big fears and the kind of love that has to be fought for this book asks one question: <em>Can two people build something real on a truth that came too late?</em></p>