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To Heal A Duke (The Reluctant Dukes Book 2)

CrazyCatLunatic

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Reads 19,411
Votes 615
Parts 16
Time 3h 33m

CrazyCatLunatic

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disability drama duchess duke fantasy forcedmarriage historical love marriage-of-convenience maturity original regency romance sexualthemes smutwarning

18+
*can be read standalone*
(Not finished editing)

THESE ARE NOT HISTORICALLY ACCURATE ON PURPOSE

A steamy and hot historical romance.

Miss Faye Brookes was destined for the perfect life. Young, beautiful and desired by many and friendly to all, which made her the diamond of the ton in her first season.

However, when chronic illness strikes and she loses her engagent, she becomes a burden on her family and forgotten to the ton. Stuck at home, facing spinsterhood, the last thing she was expecting is to be offered marriage by the handsome and proper Duke Of Rodbury. 

Felix Emerson, Duke of Rodbury, wasn't supposed to be a Duke. As the bastard son of the late Duke of Rodbury, he was handed the title when his father passed with no other heirs. Despising his father and the title for how his father ruined his mothers life, Felix has sworn off ever falling in love and letting someone have control over him.

The last thing he needed was to be caught in scandal with the unknown daughter of a lord, Miss Brookes. 
A marriage of convenience, the Duke gets a wife to keep the ton at bay, and Miss Brookes gets freedom from her family all too ready to be rid of her. 

Except the Duke wasn't prepared for the innate attraction towards his new wife, nor the strange secrets she hides from him. 

He refuses to fall in love and she doesn't feel worthy of it. But the powerful attraction between them won't be ignored and their marriage of convenience starts to become too real.All Rights Reserved

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