The Man She Hated: Or, Won by Strategy
Fairfax Fielding works in a New York factory, sewing alongside girls who whisper about her rumored engagement to the wealthy Waverley Osborne. The problem: Fair claims to despise him. But when Miss Platt arrives at the factory, her quiet jealousy festers into something dangerous. She wants Waverley for herself, and she'll destroy Fair to get him. A near-fatal accident leaves Fair owing her life to the mysterious Bayard Lorraine, yet fate has crueler plans. Through jealousy and manipulation, Fair finds herself bound in marriage to a man she barely knows: Carl Bernicci. What follows is a Victorian melodrama of trapped women, wounded pride, and the question that haunts every page: can love be built from hatred, or has Fair lost everything to someone else's scheme?
