Fairytale Weddings

He marries for revenge, she for love.

Rafe Beaumont is a typical early Leclaire hero: tall, dark, handsome, protective of his family, and arrogant as all get-out. So, since his younger sister Shayne got her heart broken at one of the Cinderella Balls held by the Montague family, Rafe decides to put an end to the balls by marrying his former love interest Ella Montague, then leaving her and breaking her heart (thus proving that the Cinderella Balls' promise of true love is a sham). So off Rafe marches to the ball. He attempts to blackmail Ella into marrying him; she agrees because she actually still loves him. They marry, then he has an attack of conscience, confesses his scheme, and leaves her the same night, deciding to get his revenge by other means.

But Ella is a pretty cool heroine, so after a short interval, she packs her bags and follows her brooding husband back to his home in Costa Rica. When she gets there, to her surprise, she is mistaken for La Estrella, a mythical figure supposed to bring happiness and prosperity to the area. Now if she could just bring happiness to her confused and revenge-minded husband....