The Contract Bride Returns

The Contract Bride Returns — A reborn heiress escapes her abusive ex-fiancé only to marry the stranger who fathered her child during a drugged encounter.

In her previous life, true heiress Ella Thorne endured emotional cruelty from childhood sweetheart Lucas until a fatal miscarriage revealed his devotion to her adopted sister Evelyn. Granted a second chance three years earlier, Ella avoids Lucas entirely. A drugged encounter with the enigmatic Sebastian Falcott leaves her pregnant. Her biased adoptive family then compels her to replace Evelyn as the bride of the supposedly dying Falcott heir. Ella leverages the marriage to secure property and sever family ties. At the ceremony, she realizes the groom is Sebastian, the father of her unborn child, transforming a forced union into a partnership against Evelyn's machinations.

Quick answers

Why does Ella marry Sebastian?

Her adoptive family forces her to substitute for her sister Evelyn as the Falcott heir's bride.

How does Ella become pregnant?

She spends a drugged night with Sebastian Falcott before the arranged marriage.

Recommended for

Anyone who enjoys reborn heroines turning forced marriages into alliances against toxic families.