A good story, thus far but slightly hard to read at times.

Might I suggest rewording your summary to something like:

"A marriage forged through scandal between a couple that shouldn't have come about. Follow the journey of Lilly, a well-bred young woman forced into a shameful farce of marriage to save a reputation but instead she is thrown into disgrace, shame, and a life with a man said to resemble the Devil himself"

a more descriptive summary will attract more readers.

Also, a mention of the time period and place would be great!

good luck writing more!

"now, in the age in which the story is placed, it served as a path"
The words "in the age...is placed" are not necessary. The reader assumes this to be true. Saying it interrupts the flow and suspension of the readers reality.

Loved it... I seriously am obsessed with this story. I have an extremely old fictionpress account (from the time it switched over from "Original" category) but I don't use it or even remember it. I'll be keeping up with the 'Life With Derek' version for sure, but I'll check back on this. It's bookmarked now.

Good job, you're a fantastic writer.

Firstly, thank you for being one of the few authors nowadays who accept anonymous reviews. It's a splendid change from the norm. :)

Secondly, I must say, while I am in no way a fan of Dickens (partly because of the expected Victorian verbosity, partly because he, in my opinion, wrote with the wrong motivation in mind), I will say that you've captured my attention with this story. Unlike a lot of what I've seen on this website, your story invites the reader further with its elegant, formal wording and moderate description, and it, even in its brevity, reveals the tone of the story adequately. It's refreshing to find something that does, in fact, seem well-planned and well-executed, rather than thrown on a word document thoughtlessly.

Thus far, I can find nothing that fits wrongly into this story, and I thank you for that as well.

Well, you've got yourself one reader. I'll be checking this story for updates and hope that the prologue's quality is indicative of the rest of the story’s.

(It's been a while since I've been inspired to review anything, which is probably why this sounds awkwardly formal. I have to reeducate myself in art of writing reviews. This is actually short compared to what I used to do.)