If the scandal of his inheritance ever got out he'd be ruined forever. Magnus Langmore, the Duke of Yarmouth lives everyday with a secret that could destroy his family line. He was never the true heir to his father's dukedom. Birthed by one of his father's mistresses, he was raised as if he were the Duchess's own child. All the years that she could never bring herself to love him left himself with a void he never wished to fill. Love did not exist in his world. He spent his days hard trained and invested into the work of the Dukedom. He felt he had to work twice as hard because it wasn't in his blood. But, when a pureblood-daughter of a Duke crosses his path on the verges of a scandal, he finds himself utterly engrossed with Lady Ambrosia Somerville. If love does not exist, then why does she make him feel otherwise? When the opportunity finally presents itself for him to ask for her hand, will the fears of his past get in the way of a potentially happy future in their marriage bed? Rated Mature: 🔥 [#1 Regenecyera ] {#1 1800's}

They say her voice was once bewitching to all who heard it. She was like a siren luring sailors to their deaths on quiet nights... Those are just rumours that once were, truth be told the youngest daughter of the Count was a mute. Her voice had long been lost in her childhood years, disappearing like a whisper in the wind soon to be forgotten. She too disappeared with it, fading into the background, outshined by her talented siblings. The harder she tried to regain her worth, the more she was ignored. Until a chance encounter with a stranger changes everything... Word count: [100,000 - 150,000] |COMPLETE|

⏳✨ A Lady Lost in Time ✨⏳ Francesca Bridgerton never believed the whispers of magic-the tales of stones and lakes that could carry someone beyond the reach of years. But one storm-swept night, fate proves her wrong. Dragged from her glittering Regency world, Francesca awakens in the wild, untamed Highlands of the 1700s-bruised, heartbroken, and very much alone. The past offers her no comforts, only shadows of danger, and the haunting memory of all she has lost. When she is found by Callum Fraser, a rugged Highlander with scars of his own, Francesca becomes a mystery he cannot ignore. To him, she looks like a ghost from another life... a woman he once loved and lost. To her, he is the only anchor in a world that should not exist. But the past is not a gentle place. Old enemies lurk, secrets twist deeper than blood, and Francesca must find the strength to survive-while her heart betrays her with a longing she swore she would never feel again. 💔 A slow-burn romance of grief, danger, and impossible love. 💎 For fans of Bridgerton and Outlander.