Rusted Bucket On Wheels: An arranged marriage entangled with a Billionaire's Secret

By NAOMI JULIA RICE

In 1820 Brazil, where power is inherited and secrets are buried deeper than gold, one woman is forced into a deal that could cost her everything.
Rafaela da Costa never imagined she'd be sold into marriage to settle her father's crushing debt. Now, she's being delivered into the hands of Thiago Valente-Brazil's most powerful iron magnate. Cold, calculated, and surrounded by whispers, Thiago is no ordinary suitor. He's the last person Rafaela ever wanted to see again... because five years ago, she saw him walking away from the cliffs where her brother disappeared.
But nothing on the Valente estate is what it seems. Dust-covered roads lead to abandoned mines. The stables hide a rusted, forgotten carriage-the rusted bucket on wheel-a relic that holds the truth about a crime hidden for years. Bloodstains. A locked journal. A name carved beneath the seat: caro. Her brother.
As Rafaela digs into the past, she uncovers betrayal woven into every part of the Valente legacy-wedding contracts forged in greed, a priest with more power than faith, and a groom who may not be the villain she thought.
With time running out and her wedding day approaching, Rafaela must decide: fight for the truth, or become another Valente bride swallowed by silence. But when a voice calls her name from deep inside the abandoned mine, everything she thought she buried comes back to life.
Was the marriage her punishment... or his revenge?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F2N3HTDW
• ISBN13: 9798315633570
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"