The Dragon's Bride by Jo Beverley

[meganbmoore]

 When they were fifteen, George Connaught "Con" Somerford, the second son of the Duke of Wyvern, and Susan Kerslake, the illegitimate daughter of the local smuggling captain and a local noblewoman, became friends and then lovers.  Except that Susan, desperate to escape the polite pity and disdain of her heritage, only became Con's friend because

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[buymeaclue]

George Connaught "Con" Somerford, the second son of the Duke of Wyvern and Susan Kerslake

I, uh, think you dropped a comma there.

(I wouldn't normally be enough of a grammar hound to mention this, but I did read the next sentences in a growing state of confusion before realizing that no, this wasn't an incest story.)

[meganbmoore]

*choke cough wheeze*

*ahem*

No, this is not a manga, kdrama, or Greek tragedy.

Thank you.

(This is what I get when I try to control my impulse to put commas everywhere...)