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Tempting the Beastly Duke: A Steamy Historical Regency Romance Novel (Scandalous Dukes Book 2)
“He is the most feared duke in England.
She is the only woman unafraid to touch him.”Five years ago, a fire turned Gideon, Duke of Montrose, into a legend whispered in terror, the Beast of Ironwood. Scarred, reclusive, and ruthlessly cold, he has shut himself away from society… and from desire itself.
Until Seraphina Vance arrives at his door.
Desperate to save her family from ruin, Seraphina makes a dangerous bargain:
Three months in Ironwood Hall.
Three months restoring the duke’s vast, neglected library.
In exchange, her brother’s debt is forgiven.There is only one condition.
She must never touch him.
But rules are fragile things when temptation shares the same roof.
Gideon is darkness, restraint, and barely leashed hunger.
Seraphina is warmth, courage, and a defiance that awakens everything he has buried.
Every glance lingers. Every almost-touch burns. And every night brings them closer to a line neither can afford to cross.Because the greatest danger in Ironwood Hall is not the Beast…
…it is the desire he can no longer control.
A scorching Regency romance featuring a scarred duke, forbidden proximity, and slow-burn tension that ignites into irresistible passion.
No cheating. No cliffhangers. Just a deeply satisfying happily ever after.
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A Marriage Deal with a Cold Viscount: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Unwanted Marriages Book 2)
“Her uncle promised her security.
The law threatens to take it all away.
And the one man who might help her… never meant to fall in love.”When Amelia Harcourt’s beloved uncle dies, she believes her future is finally secure. His will leaves her the family estate, and the independence she has fought to protect.
But on the day the will is to be read, it vanishes.
With no proof of her inheritance, Amelia faces a devastating truth: in just two weeks, her callous cousin will claim her home and leave her destitute. Marriage may be her only refuge, but Amelia refuses to trade one form of dependence for another.
Enter Gideon Strathmore, a reserved viscount known for his brilliant mind and relentless pursuit of truth. Cold, analytical, and determined to remain untouched by society’s expectations, Gideon never intended to involve himself in a lady’s troubles, until Amelia’s case challenges everything he believes.
As they race to uncover the missing will, suspicion tightens, reputations hang in the balance, and a quiet bond begins to form between two fiercely intelligent souls. Yet in a world governed by propriety, greed, and rigid law, even the truth may not be enough.
If the will is not found in time, Amelia will lose everything.
And if Gideon follows his heart, he may lose the control he has built his life upon.A Marriage Deal with a Cold Viscount is a sweeping clean Regency romance filled with mystery, emotional depth, and a slow-burn love that grows from trust, respect, and shared resolve.
If you love quiet strength, tender longing, and a romance built on being truly seen, this Regency tale belongs in your collection. Discover “A Marriage Deal with a Cold Viscount” and follow Amelia and Gideon as one overlooked woman captures the heart of a viscount, and dares to claim a love no one expected.
No cheating. No cliffhangers. Just a deeply satisfying happily ever after.
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To Wed a Shadow Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Affairs of Honor Book 5)
“He hid from the world.
She refused to look away.”After her father’s sudden death leaves her family facing ruin, Josephine Hartwell has only one hope left: the Duke who controls their future.
But Alexander, Duke of Greymont, is not the man society remembers.
Scarred by war and long withdrawn from public life, he rules his estate from the shadows, convinced that his presence brings only discomfort and pity. When Josie is summoned to Greymont Hall, she expects cold authority.
She does not expect silence.
She does not expect cruelty masked as protection.
And she does not expect to see a man who believes himself unworthy of being seen.Josie’s warmth begins to change the household Alexander has sealed away, but kindness has consequences. Gossip stirs. Fear tightens its grip. And when Alexander chooses isolation over courage, Josie pays the price.
Cast out and facing devastating loss, she must decide whether dignity can survive heartbreak… while Alexander learns that love withheld can destroy just as surely as love denied.
To claim her, he must do what he has avoided for years: step into the light, endure judgment, and act, without knowing if forgiveness will ever be granted.
A deeply emotional, clean Regency romance about courage, restraint, and a love made costly before it is made certain. No cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after. A tender, slow-burning story of healing, courage, and the woman who dared to wait for the thaw.
If you like the Regency and Victorian era, this novel is for you.
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A Cold Duke’s Spinster Bride: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Frozen Hearts Book 2)
“He has buried his heart behind duty and silence.
She has survived by asking for nothing at all.”At two-and-thirty, Margaret Hartwell knows exactly what she is: a spinster, a paid companion, a woman whose worth lies in competence rather than beauty or hope. When she accepts a position at the forbidding Blackmere Hall, she expects only three months of difficult service to a dying duchess ,and a cold, distant employer who barely acknowledges her existence.
What she does not expect isNathaniel, Duke of Blackmere.
Withdrawn, precise, and ruled by unyielding self-control, the duke lives as though warmth itself were a failing. Haunted by grief and bound by duty, he has reduced his life to rules, contracts, and isolation ,until his formidable aunt forces him into an arrangement he cannot escape.
Every evening, they must dine together.
Margaret is not charmed by rank, nor impressed by authority. She speaks plainly where others defer, challenges silence with honesty, and refuses to shrink in the presence of a man who has frozen the world around him.
Nathaniel is unprepared for her.
As secrets smoulder beneath Blackmere Hall and danger threatens the estate, the duke must confront the truth he has long denied, that control is not the same as strength, and isolation is not the same as honour. And Margaret must decide whether the safest choice she has always made ,to remain unseen, will cost her the one thing she never believed she could claim.
Because when a cold heart begins to thaw, it does not do so gently.
A clean, emotionally rich Regency romance featuring a cold duke, a quietly formidable spinster heroine, forced proximity, and a slow-burn love built on truth, restraint, and unwavering respect.
Perfect for readers who enjoy brooding dukes, brave heroines, and slow-burn passion with a guaranteed happily ever after, no cheating, no cliffhangers.
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The Beastly Duke’s Governess: A Historical Regency Romance Book (Beastly Dukes of the Ton 1)
“A beastly duke, hardened by grief.
Two children raised in silence.
A governess brave enough to change everything.”
Eleanor Finch arrives at the crumbling Ashcombe Hall with four shillings to her name and desperation sharpening her courage. The widowed Duke of Ashcombe is a recluse drowning in grief and debt, his children abandoned to loneliness, his estate collapsing under years of neglect.
She is hired to teach his children.
She stays to save his family.As Eleanor coaxes laughter back into the nursery and hope back into the halls of Ashcombe, the boundaries between governess and employer begin to blur. Marcus Holbrooke finds himself relying on her counsel, seeking her quiet companionship, and feeling things a duke should never feel for a woman so far beneath his station.
When village gossip turns vicious and creditors demand payment, Eleanor becomes a liability Marcus cannot afford, and a woman he cannot bear to lose. To protect him from scandal and ruin, she flees, sacrificing her own future to preserve his.
Marcus has one month to save his estate, and then find the woman who restored his children, his home, and his heart. He must convince her that love is worth more than propriety, that partnership matters more than position, and that she belongs at Ashcombe not as his employee, but as his duchess.
A clean Regency romance of sacrifice, redemption, wounded hearts, and the courage to choose love when society demands otherwise.
No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after that will leave you smiling long after the final page.
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A Duke Worth Choosing: A Historical Regency Romance Book (Broken Dukes of Healing 1)
“She’s worth forty thousand pounds… and not one person in London can be bothered to learn her name.”
She fled society to be free, only to find the one man who truly saw her.
Lady Charlotte Fairfax is the Season’s most glittering prize, and its most exhausted prisoner. Dukes and earls circle her like creditors, her parents calculate her future like an investment, and every dance feels like a bargain struck over her heart.
So Charlotte does the only scandalous thing left.
She disappears.
With a borrowed name and a plain gown, she flees Mayfair’s marriage mart to Berkshire, accepting a quiet post as a respectable widow’s companion, determined to be valued for her mind, her kindness, and her courage… not her dowry.
But peace at Harcourt Hall doesn’t last.
Major Nathaniel Harcourt returns home wounded from war—stern, honorable, and far too perceptive. He’s not interested in flirtation, or society games… until he meets the new companion who speaks like a lady, watches like a strategist, and hides a secret heavy enough to ruin them both.
As village gossip blooms, stolen glances turn to stolen moments, and a sharp-eyed guardian begins to suspect the truth. Because if Charlotte is found, her father will drag her back to London, and into a loveless match arranged for power and profit.
Now Charlotte must choose to
return to the gilded cage… or risk everything for a love that finally sees her.A clean, swoony Regency romance featuring a runaway heiress, a wounded war hero, a country house haven, witty banter, slow-burn tenderness, and a satisfyingly triumphant happily-ever-after.
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To Love a Cold Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Book (The Midnight Rose Dukes 2)
“Hope is a luxury I abandoned long ago, Miss Fletcher.”
“Or perhaps it is simply one you were never taught to claim.”
Lydia Fletcher has always understood her place in the world, and has never believed it must limit her worth. Practical, observant, and quietly resolute, she lives by her own principles, never expecting her steady life to be unsettled by a duke known for his icy reserve.
Frederick Hawthorne, the Duke of Corvenwell, is renowned for his discipline and emotional restraint. Burdened by duty and shaped by loss, he has long believed that control, not hope, is the only safeguard against disappointment.
Yet Lydia’s honesty and quiet strength begin to unsettle his carefully ordered world. Drawn together by circumstance and an unexpected meeting of minds, they find connection in thoughtful conversation, shared understanding, and moments that linger far longer than propriety allows.
But loving a cold duke is no simple thing. Society is unforgiving, expectations are rigid, and the walls Frederick has built did not rise without reason. As the distance between them narrows, both must decide whether true strength lies in maintaining control… or in daring to believe that love may offer something more.
A tender, clean Regency romance of emotional restraint, quiet resilience, and a guarded heart learning that courage begins with vulnerability.
Perfect for readers who love Regency romances with guarded heroes, gentle courage, and unexpected love, “To Love a Cold Duke” is sure to enchant.
No cheating. No cliffhangers. Just a beautiful happily ever after.
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Tamed by the Beast of Briarhallow: A Historical Steamy Regency Romance Novel (Tamed Scarred Dukes Book 1)
“They call him the Beast of Briarhallow.
She is the one woman who dares to look at him twice.”War left the Duke of Briarhallow scarred in body and soul, feared by society and determined to keep it that way. Solitude is his armor. Control is his salvation.
Until Juliette Morin enters his household.
Sharp-tongued, fearless, and far too observant, Juliette was meant to remain invisible beneath his roof. Instead, she becomes the one presence he cannot ignore, or resist.
Every glance lingers too long.
Every accidental touch burns.
And every rule he lives by begins to fracture beneath his restraint.Juliette does not flinch from his scars. She does not fear the darkness he carries.
She sees the man beneath the beast, and awakens a desire he has sworn never to claim.But to surrender to her would mean risking everything.
Reputation. Control. Even his heart.A steamy Regency romance filled with forbidden attraction, a brooding scarred duke, slow-burn tension, and a love that demands to be taken, not denied.
Perfect for readers who love emotionally scarred heroes, forced proximity, and passionate historical romance with heart.
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The Cold Duke’s Heart: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Dukes of Deception Book 1)
“He believes feeling is weakness.
She believes walls exist to be opened.”Daniel Wynthorpe, Duke of Wyntham, is known for his cold restraint and unyielding composure. He governs his estate, and his life, with logic alone, convinced that emotion leads only to ruin. Love, he believes, is a luxury he cannot afford.
Lillian Whitcombe has never accepted such limits.
Thoughtful, perceptive, and quietly resolute, Lillian sees beyond the duke’s distant manner to the wounds beneath. When circumstances place her within Daniel’s guarded world, her calm intelligence and gentle honesty begin to unsettle the careful order he has built around his heart.
Daniel fights his growing regard for her at every turn. Yet the more he observes her courage and compassion, the more he begins to question the walls he has relied upon for safety. For the first time, he is forced to confront a dangerous truth: solitude may protect him, but it has also cost him everything that matters.
As duty, expectation, and buried fears threaten to pull them apart, Daniel must decide whether a life without love is truly security… or simply another form of loss.
A clean Regency romance of emotional restraint, quiet courage, and the transformative power of trust.
Perfect for readers who love Regency romances with guarded heroes, gentle courage, and unexpected love, “The Cold Duke’s Heart”is sure to enchant.
No cheating. No cliffhangers. Just a beautiful happily ever after.
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A Promised Lady for a Disguised Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel: VEXLEYS Book 5
“She is promised to another.
He is not the man he claims to be.
In the quiet countryside, love becomes the greatest risk of all.”Lady Eliza Vexley has accepted a sensible engagement, one her family approves and society applauds. Yet as her wedding approaches, a quiet certainty troubles her heart: something essential is missing. When she is invited to spend several weeks at her aunt’s peaceful Somerset estate, Eliza welcomes the respite from wedding preparations she cannot quite bring herself to celebrate.
What she does not expect is the estate’s reserved steward.
Rhys Elwood tends Thornfield Cottage with rare precision and an unmistakable air of refinement that does not quite suit his position. Courteous but distant, he keeps careful boundaries, and secrets he cannot afford to reveal. Drawn together by a shared love of learning, gardens, and quiet observation, Eliza and Rhys find themselves forming a connection neither intended nor can safely pursue.
For Eliza is promised to another man.
And Rhys is hiding the truth of who he really is.As autumn deepens and feelings grow impossible to ignore, both must decide whether duty is worth the cost of a love that feels achingly right. Because in a world governed by reputation and restraint, the most dangerous choice may be listening to one’s heart.
A clean Regency romance of quiet longing, hidden identity, and love that blooms where it should not.
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A Scarred Duke’s Bluestocking: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Bargain Brides Book 3)
“She trusts books more than people.
He is the man society fears.
Together, they may uncover the truth that changes everything.”Miss Penelope Whitmore has never been tempted by society’s glittering promises. A devoted bluestocking, she finds far greater satisfaction among ancient manuscripts than in any ballroom. When her beloved uncle’s sudden death leaves her guardianless, and in possession of a cryptic warning, Penelope is forced to seek the protection of the one man she has been told she can trust.
The scarred Duke of Sterndale.
Adrian Sterling has lived in seclusion for years, content to let society whisper its cruel assumptions. His scars and reserve have earned him a fearsome reputation he neither denies nor corrects. Once a scholar himself, Adrian has little reason to reenter the world, until the arrival of his former tutor’s brilliant niece stirs both his conscience and his heart.
As Penelope uncovers fragments of her uncle’s research, she finds herself drawn into a quiet puzzle rooted in history, knowledge, and long-buried secrets. With danger pressing ever closer, Adrian steps from the shadows to protect her, discovering that the bluestocking’s intelligence and courage awaken feelings he believed long lost.
But reputations are difficult to escape, and truths from the past carry consequences neither expected.
As trust deepens and affection grows, Penelope and Adrian must decide whether love is worth risking the safety of solitude, or whether some walls were built too high to ever be breached.
A clean Regency romance of intellect, redemption, and a scarred Duke who finds hope where he least expects it.
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Married to the Feared Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Book (Inconvenient Marriages 5)
“London fears him.
She married him to survive.
Neither expected to risk their heart.”Margaret Camden has learned that survival requires silence. With ruin closing in and her safety no longer assured, she flees under a false name, determined never to trust again. When necessity binds her to a man society whispers about in fear, she believes she has traded one danger for another.
Neil Albury, Duke of Burendale, is avoided in drawing rooms and spoken of only in lowered voices. Cold, formidable, and unyielding, he has built his life on control and distance, knowing that fear keeps betrayal at bay.
Their marriage promises nothing but protection and discretion. Yet behind the Duke’s severe reserve, Margaret discovers restraint, honor, and a man far different from his reputation. And beneath Margaret’s careful composure, Neil senses a courage that unsettles him far more than gossip ever could.
As truths long buried threaten to surface, both must decide whether the walls they have built are protection, or prisons. For some reputations cannot be undone… but some hearts, once opened, can never be closed again.
A clean Regency romance of marriage by necessity, quiet devotion, and a love that defies fear and reputation.
If you’re drawn to Regency romances featuring rich characters and heartfelt redemption, “Married to the Feared Duke” is bound to sweep you away. This touching story of hope, healing, and a marriage of convenience offers an unforgettable romantic journey.
No cheating. No cliffhangers. Just a deeply satisfying happily ever after.
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