She was never supposed to charm him.
He was never supposed to want her.
Lady Violet has a talent for three things: matchmaking, optimism, and irritating the broodiest duke in Sussex.
Alexander Devereaux, Duke of Aylesford, has spent two decades keeping his distance from Violet’s relentless sunshine. She is impulsive, outspoken, and far too good for a man haunted by secrets. He tells himself she deserves poetry and passion.
Not a monster.
But when a harmless afternoon turns scandalous—and a stolen kiss ignites years of suppressed desire—Alex’s iron control shatters. Violet doesn’t want polite distance. She wants the truth.
And the truth is dangerous.
Because once Alex confesses the darkness he’s buried since childhood, there is no going back. Not from the heat between them. Not from the way her body arches beneath his. Not from the way she whispers his name like salvation.
Violet has always believed love conquers all.
Alex believes love destroys.
When Violet’s life is suddenly threatened, the duke must decide:
Keep pushing her away to protect her…
Or claim the one woman who sees his darkness—and wants him anyway.
He warned her never to charm a duke.
She did it anyway.
And now he’s hers.
For readers who love friends to lovers, brooding dukes, sunshine heroines, childhood pining, explosive bedroom tension, tortured heroes with dark secrets, and fiercely loyal heroines who refuse to give up on love. 💚
Genre: Historical Romance
He was never supposed to want her.
Lady Violet has a talent for three things: matchmaking, optimism, and irritating the broodiest duke in Sussex.
Alexander Devereaux, Duke of Aylesford, has spent two decades keeping his distance from Violet’s relentless sunshine. She is impulsive, outspoken, and far too good for a man haunted by secrets. He tells himself she deserves poetry and passion.
Not a monster.
But when a harmless afternoon turns scandalous—and a stolen kiss ignites years of suppressed desire—Alex’s iron control shatters. Violet doesn’t want polite distance. She wants the truth.
And the truth is dangerous.
Because once Alex confesses the darkness he’s buried since childhood, there is no going back. Not from the heat between them. Not from the way her body arches beneath his. Not from the way she whispers his name like salvation.
Violet has always believed love conquers all.
Alex believes love destroys.
When Violet’s life is suddenly threatened, the duke must decide:
Keep pushing her away to protect her…
Or claim the one woman who sees his darkness—and wants him anyway.
He warned her never to charm a duke.
She did it anyway.
And now he’s hers.
For readers who love friends to lovers, brooding dukes, sunshine heroines, childhood pining, explosive bedroom tension, tortured heroes with dark secrets, and fiercely loyal heroines who refuse to give up on love. 💚
Genre: Historical Romance
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