The Duke's Inconvenient Lady
(2026)(The first book in the Inconvenient Courtships series)
A novel by Julia Thorne
"She was hired to be invisible… He had forgotten how to feel."
After burying her mother and losing everything to her late father's debts, Clara Ellsworth has no home, no fortune, and no place in a world that has quietly moved on without her.
At three-and-twenty, she has learned to go unnoticed, and she has made her peace with being forgotten.
Until a duke sees her.
Cedric Fairfax, the Duke of Farenwoode, has not truly spoken to a soul in four years. Since the death of the wife he could not save, he wants nothing but silence and solitude, and a life that asks no feeling of him.
A companion who keeps to the shadows is exactly what his household requires. She expects nothing, she asks for nothing, and she will never trouble him with a heart he cannot answer.
It seems a simple arrangement, proper and safe, until it proves to be neither.
Because the more time Cedric spends with the quiet, self-effacing woman beneath his roof, the more he begins to see everything she has taken such care to hide.
And the more Clara learns what it means to be truly seen, the more dangerous it becomes for her to remain unnoticed.
A duke does not fall in love with his mother's companion. Society forbids it, and his grief forbids it even more.
But some hearts were never going to listen.
A clean Regency romance featuring a brooding duke, a quietly unforgettable heroine, and a love that teaches two wounded souls to hope again.
Perfect for readers who love emotionally guarded heroes, strong yet gentle heroines, slow-burning chemistry, and passionate romance with a deeply rewarding payoff.
No cheating. No cliffhangers. Just a beautifully earned happily ever after.
Also available with Kindle Unlimited!
Genre: Historical
After burying her mother and losing everything to her late father's debts, Clara Ellsworth has no home, no fortune, and no place in a world that has quietly moved on without her.
At three-and-twenty, she has learned to go unnoticed, and she has made her peace with being forgotten.
Until a duke sees her.
Cedric Fairfax, the Duke of Farenwoode, has not truly spoken to a soul in four years. Since the death of the wife he could not save, he wants nothing but silence and solitude, and a life that asks no feeling of him.
A companion who keeps to the shadows is exactly what his household requires. She expects nothing, she asks for nothing, and she will never trouble him with a heart he cannot answer.
It seems a simple arrangement, proper and safe, until it proves to be neither.
Because the more time Cedric spends with the quiet, self-effacing woman beneath his roof, the more he begins to see everything she has taken such care to hide.
And the more Clara learns what it means to be truly seen, the more dangerous it becomes for her to remain unnoticed.
A duke does not fall in love with his mother's companion. Society forbids it, and his grief forbids it even more.
But some hearts were never going to listen.
A clean Regency romance featuring a brooding duke, a quietly unforgettable heroine, and a love that teaches two wounded souls to hope again.
Perfect for readers who love emotionally guarded heroes, strong yet gentle heroines, slow-burning chemistry, and passionate romance with a deeply rewarding payoff.
No cheating. No cliffhangers. Just a beautifully earned happily ever after.
Also available with Kindle Unlimited!
Genre: Historical
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