Sold to a Monster The Bride Who Fought Back

My mother spent half her life competing with my Aunt Grace Abbott, and nothing gave her more pleasure than doing the exact opposite of whatever Grace did.

Aunt Grace raised my cousin Stella with every luxury money could buy—never once hesitating to spend.

My mother, Vivian Pruitt, insisted on raising me in deprivation.

She forced me to scavenge through trash to feed myself. One steamed bun a day—that was my allowance.

"Coddling only breeds weakness. Hunger and hardship forge willpower. Someday you'll surpass your cousin by miles."