The Taming of Ilona — Riley Steel

Ilona lives a simple life in the seventeenth century. She is the youngest daughter of a farming family and is the apple of her father's eye. Then her world is turned upside down when her father sells her hand in marriage to an older wealthy businessman. Cut off from her family, raped and abused Ilona struggles to cope with the hand she has been given. She befriends a local business woman and friend of her husband, Katrina, who teaches her how to fit into higher society. When she falls pregnant she tries to see it as a blessing and tries to make the best of her new, brutal life. But Ilona is desperate to know what it is like to held tenderly and in her hour of need turns to her friend and asks here to arrange one night, one night where she will know love and passion. She is introduced to Redvick, he is tall dark and gorgeous. Un-natural sparks fly between them, their passion is undeniable and Redvick is forced to reveal his true nature. Their love is forbidden but they are soul mates, connected in mind body and spirit but how can they ever overcome their impossible situation and be together.