Amanda Luxford-Allen thought marriage would bring her a fresh start-a chance to find love, happiness, and a family of her own. Instead, she was thrown into a world of heartbreak, cruelty, and cold indifference. Her husband, Ethan Allen, treats her like nothing more than an inconvenience, a pawn in a game she doesn't understand. He humiliates her, torments her, and reminds her every day that she means nothing to him. But Amanda refuses to break. Carrying his children, she is determined to fight for the love she believes exists beneath his icy exterior. She will endure, she will hope, and she will make him see her. Yet just when she starts to believe Ethan might be changing-when he begins to show her warmth, passion, and devotion-she learns a painful truth. Ethan Allen doesn't love her. He never did. And now that she's fallen for him, he's ready to destroy her. A story of pain, obsession, and an all-consuming love that defies reason-"Cruel Devotion" is a dark romance where love is both a weapon and a curse. Will Amanda survive the storm that is Ethan Allen, or will she lose herself in the process?