title: The History of Lucy's Love Life in Ten and a Half Chapters
author:  Deborah Wright 
description: 'Fantastic read, you will be absolutely gripped'   LOUISE BAGSHAWE   'An entertaining and highly readable debut' EVENING HERALD    'A quirky and addictive read' 19   'Deborah Wright does for the fairy world what JK Rowling did for   wizards' NOW   'Entertaining and fun' WOMAN'S WAY
  						    	
  						        	--This text refers to an alternate <a href="/dp/0751537039/ref=dp_bookdescription?_encoding=UTF8&amp;n=283155">Paperback</a> edition.
zlib_text: The Choiceless Marriage
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  Suddenly Married
  
  Book 1
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
   **By: Lynna Farlight**
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Pa was such a good man, he deserved better than the likes of her.
  
  Mary Bingham watched as her father doused the last flame. She couldn’t believe
  that with just the two of them and young Alexandra running back and forth for
  water, they’d actually managed to put out the flames and keep the fire from
  spreading to the barn.
  
  Mary stared through stinging eyes at the heap of blackened smoking timber that
  used to be her home. She cuddled little Lucy tightly and felt Alex’s hands on
  her back. She had avoided examining Lucy too closely, but it couldn’t be put
  off any longer. She forced her eyes down to where the five-year-old’s dress
  stuck to her legs in long puddles of blood and fluid. Carefully and quickly,
  while the child slept, Mary tugged the fabric free from the wounds before it
  could dry there. She squeezed her eyes shut. Lucy was not asleep, she told
  he