Arranged: Part One by Lara G. Elmore

I always knew I’d get married.
Not who. Not when. Just… eventually.
An arrangement made before I was even born.

Hanavae Makare never questioned the kosola—the promise her parents made while still pregnant with her. It was almost comforting that they’d chosen her husband. It left her open to focus on her career and avoid heartbreak.

On her twenty-eighth birthday, she meets Markim.

The sexy history teacher takes her by surprise with late night conversations, humor, and his attention to detail. They were never supposed to be serious, but after six months Hana can’t deny her feelings anymore.

Markim makes her question everything. And when she started to crave the things she thought she could live without, she told her parents she wanted a choice.

Spoiler alert: They said no.
And then they dropped a bombshell. The kosola wasn’t a promise for Hana to marry one man; she was expected to marry three.

She fully intends to find a way out of the arrangement, but the handsome men are just as determined as she is.

Caught between her growing love for Markim and the men she'd dreamed of for years, Hana is faced with a choice. She knows she should follow her heart, but where does that lead? And what will it cost?
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First published on 2020-MAR-01 as "Arranged", book 1 in the "Machoro Family Novel" series, under the pen name of Lara G. Elmore.

Fully revised and expanded. Book one ends softly, but with plenty of things unanswered. Book 2 will address them all.

A list of content information and translations are on the author's site.