The Runaway Heiress and the Baron
(2026)(The first book in the From Manhattan to Mayfair: Gilded Age Heiresses & Aristocrats series)
A novel by Allyson Jeleyne
Lenore Webber-Garvey is a New York railroad heiress with a fortune as eye-watering as her family’s ambitions. Promised to a cold English duke in a transatlantic alliance, Lenore refuses to become another pawn in her family’s social ascent. On the day of her wedding, she flees the church, vanishing into the busy streets of London.She is taken in by Auberon, Baron Ivestone, an aristocrat with radical views on prison reform and no patience for scandal.
Yet society does not easily forgive a runaway bride, and neither do the powerful men her disappearance embarrassed. So when the duke demands her return—threatening to derail Auberon’s hard-won progress—will Lenore choose the world that shaped her or the man who loves her as she truly is?
This is a slow-burn, medium-steam romance novel with no cheating or cliffhangers, and always a Happily Ever After. It can be read as a standalone story, but you'll see many familiar faces returning throughout the series.
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Yet society does not easily forgive a runaway bride, and neither do the powerful men her disappearance embarrassed. So when the duke demands her return—threatening to derail Auberon’s hard-won progress—will Lenore choose the world that shaped her or the man who loves her as she truly is?
This is a slow-burn, medium-steam romance novel with no cheating or cliffhangers, and always a Happily Ever After. It can be read as a standalone story, but you'll see many familiar faces returning throughout the series.
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- American heiress, runaway bride
He's serious about prison reform!
Slow-burn, forbidden love
On-page sensuality (four scenes)
Third Person / Dual POV
Guaranteed HEA!
Genre: Historical Romance