Love Hard - Louise Bay

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781804560495 In my world, love comes with a rulebook. Marry the right girl. From the right family. With the right last name. I’m Jack Alden—the only son of the Alden dynasty. The kind of New York family that’s been around since ships were made of wood and fortunes were built on steel. My mother’s been trying to find me a “suitable” wife for years. So naturally, I fall for a woman who couldn’t care less about any of it. Iris Wilde. I first saw her at the New York City Ballet—crying in the stalls like the music had cracked her open. She didn’t know who I was. She wasn’t performing for anyone. She was just… real. One night with her, and I remembered what it felt like to actually breathe. Then she disappeared. Months later, I find her again—on a fruit