The Lie That Brought My Husband Back

When her father suddenly passes away, Judith inherits more than a noble title—overnight, she finds herself a baroness buried under crushing debt. To make matters stranger, she soon realizes the truth of her situation: she has been reincarnated into the very novel she read in her past life. Refusing to simply accept her misfortune, Judith resolves to turn her knowledge of the story to her advantage. Her plan is bold. The powerful duke's family is seeking a woman to serve as the wife of their long-missing son, and Judith steps forward as a contract daughter-in-law, playing the role of the fake bride. The arrangement offers everything she needs—her debts cleared, along with a taste of the luxurious aristocratic life she could never have afforded in a lifetime. Even if the charade lasts only a few months, she intends to make the most of every moment. Then her carefully laid plans unravel in the one way she never anticipated. The husband who was never supposed to return in the original novel suddenly comes back—and his first words to her change everything: "So you're my wife. And you're pregnant with my child."