Midnight Aisles and the Smuggler's Shy Bride
By @john1208
Sela wakes up to the clinking of cheap cider glasses at her own forced engagement. The original owner of her body was a town laughingstock who tried to elope with a slick-talking scammer. Now, she's being pawned off to Harlan Rusk, a quiet, intimidating truck driver rumored to run black-market goods. Sela is terrified - until she discovers a glowing door in her mind leading to a fully stocked, modern supermarket that replenishes every midnight.
Told in alternating third-person perspectives between Sela and Harlan, a sweet romance blossoms. Harlan expects a weeping burden, but finds a shy, stubbornly brave woman who magically produces fresh peaches and warm bread for her starving little daughter. But their cozy domestic peace shatters when Harlan's desperate stepmother tries to sell Sela’s little girl to a wealthy old widower - a horrific act driven by a tragic need to pay a bribe and save her own biological son from a brutal debtor's prison. Armed with endless supermarket bounty and Harlan's underworld connections, Sela must step out of her shell to ruthlessly crush the plot. Will this timid bride find the courage to protect her newfound family?
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