The Stranger She Married is the foremost book in the Rogue Hearts series by Donna Hatch. The story spins around a character named Alicia. After the death of her parents and only brother within weeks of each other, Alicia and her younger sister are left in the hands of an uncle who has brought them all to financial and social collapse. In a desperate attempt to keep her family from debtor’s prison, Alicia vows to marry the first wealthy man to propose.