The Contract Bride Returns
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After dying from abuse in a forced marriage, Ella Thorne returns three years earlier, pregnant by Sebastian Falcott, and swaps places with her sister to wed him.
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Ella Thorne, the genuine heiress, perished in a previous timeline after suffering emotional cruelty and a miscarriage within a marriage arranged by her adoptive family to childhood friend Lucas. She awakens three years prior, resolved to evade Lucas entirely.
A drugged encounter with Sebastian Falcott leaves Ella pregnant. Her relatives then compel her to substitute for adopted sister Evelyn as the bride of the supposedly dying Falcott heir. At the altar, Ella realizes the groom is Sebastian, the father of her child, and leverages the union to claim assets and sever family ties.
Key points
- Ella Thorne dies from abuse and miscarriage then regresses three years
- She conceives a child with Sebastian Falcott after a drugged night
- Her family forces her to marry Sebastian in her sister's place
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Fans of second-chance heroines who weaponize contract marriages against toxic relatives will appreciate this narrative.