They Mocked Her as Worthless — Until Fate Delivered Her Into the Hands of an Apache Warrior, and a Love Story No One Expected Began

An obese noblewoman was given to an Apache as punishment by her father—but he loved her like no one else…

They called her the useless fat woman of high society.

But when her own father handed her over to an Apache warrior as punishment, no one imagined she would find the purest love that had ever existed.

In the gilded halls of the Vázquez de Coronado mansion, where crystal chandeliers reflected the opulence of one of Mexico’s most powerful families in 1847, lived Jimena, a 24-year-old girl whose name stood in stark contrast to that of Shimena, which filled her days.

Her robust figure, round cheeks, and honey-colored eyes had been a source of family shame since she turned 15 and failed to find a suitor when she was introduced to society.

“Look how she stuffs herself with sweets again,” whispered her mother, Doña Guadalupe, as she watched Jimena from the marble balcony overlooking the main garden.

“A lady of your position should have more self-control.”

The words fell like drops of poison on the young woman’s already wounded heart, who had learned to find solace in her grandmother’s books and the sweets she stole from the pantry when no one was looking.

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