Exit Betty (Version 2)

Betty has money, status, and a wedding dress she never asked for. When her family arranges a marriage to a man she barely knows, she makes a choice that shocks everyone: she runs. Disguised and desperate, she finds shelter with the unassuming Hartwell family, a poor but fiercely loving household where faith isn't a performance but a way of living. As Betty trades crystal chandlers for hand-sewn quilts and discovers what it means to work for her supper, she begins to wonder which life was actually the prison. Grace Livingston Hill writes with quiet urgency about the terror of losing yourself to other people's plans and the quiet miracle of finding your way back. The romance unfolds with the kind of patience that feels radical: not a whirlwind, but a slow recognition of worth between two people who see each other clearly. This is a story about escaping the cage society builds around you and discovering the bars you built yourself.