Publication Date: Oct 2024
Blurb:
William Yorke faces a tall order: convince people he is worthy of the Dukedom of Rockwood that has unexpectedly fallen to him. Returning from London to his enormous estate, he breaks his journey at an inn and finds himself witness to a drunkard selling his wife to the highest bidder.
William outbids the coarse competition and offers the woman a position as housemaid at his estate, uncomfortably aware that his impulsive chivalry will lead to talk—something he abhors.
Life has brought Clara Quinn very low indeed. Once an esteemed lady’s maid dismissed on false charges, her marriage of desperation lasts just long enough for her husband to sell her for gambling money.
Clara is thrust into the heart of the Duke of Rockwood’s household, but the duke himself keeps his distance to quell the rumors. She is determined to leave rather than complicate his life—until she stumbles upon one of the duke’s greatest secrets.
As their paths become irrevocably intertwined, distance becomes not only impossible but increasingly undesirable—and a romance? Unthinkable.
What To Expect:
Readers can expect a regency romance that is the second book in “A Chronicle of Misadventures” series with a chivalrous duke and a maid with a complicated past strike up an unexpected friendship.
Content Warnings:
Language: None
Sexual Content: Closed Door
Violence: Mild – Unwanted sexual advances (not described), death
Substance Use: Some characters are repeatedly drunk
Prejudices: Mild: Sexism, classism
Religious Themes: None
Other Topics: Married woman kisses a different man
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