Born into a poor family, she followed her father into the household of a wealthy relative at the age of ten.
She thought her greatest troubles would be her cousins' exclusion and the endless rules. Then she discovered that the gravely ill eldest brother, cast aside and of uncertain fate, would become the greatest variable in her destiny.
Clearheaded, resilient, down-on-her-luck woman x restrained, cunning man
Not-quite-siblings + taking by force
Theme: Partings and reunions are unpredictable; each reunion makes parting harder.
