A new duke and a woman with a secret in her past get a second chance
at love in this delightful and charming Regency romance from the New
York Times bestselling author of the Windham series.
Robert Rothmere is hiding a past no duke should have endured, but he's
not hiding it well enough. Sooner or later, his enemies will learn that
he spent years locked away at a private asylum. To get their hands on
his wealth, they'll try to send him right back to his worst nightmares.
If Robert is to foil their schemes, he needs to marry a perfectly
proper, blessedly boring, deadly dull duchess, immediately -- and he
knows exactly which quietly delightful lady he'd love to entrust with
that role.
Lady Constance Wentworth has cultivated a reputation for utter
forgettability. She never speaks out of turn (in public), never has a
daring thought (that she admits aloud), and never comes close to
courting scandal . . . as far as anybody knows. Her path crossed
Robert's years ago, though, and she's never forgotten the extraordinary
lengths he traveled to keep her safe when she hadn't a friend in the
world. She longs to be his demure duchess . . . but little does he know
that to marry her would be utter madness.