She Accepted Cruel Terms of Duke of Lynmouth to Survive — Until He Began to Regret Every One of Them

A country physician's daughter, left with nothing but her father's debts, walked eleven miles through the mud to beg a cold and feared Duke for time — and was handed a marriage contract instead, with three terms so heartless that any woman with a choice would have refused. She had no choice, so she signed every word without a tremor. What she could not have known is that the man who wrote those terms would spend the next twelve months quietly breaking each one of them, and would come to dread the day they were due to be honored. #periodromance #historicalromance #duke #regency #regencyromance #romance #lovestory #cleanromance #cleanreads #wholesomeromance #marriageofconvenience #arrangedmarriage #contractmarriage #coldduke #broodingduke #enemiestolovers #slowburn #romancestory #audiostory #bedtimestory #storytime #victorianromance #historicalfiction #dukeromance #healinglove #hefellfirst #truelove #secondchance #forcedproximity #onelastyear #storiesforwomen #emotionalromance #happilyeverafter #devotion period romance, historical romance, duke romance, regency romance, marriage of convenience, arranged marriage romance, contract marriage story, cold duke romance, brooding duke, clean romance, wholesome romance story, romance audiobook, bedtime story for adults, historical fiction story, penniless heroine, doctor's daughter, debt and survival, she signed the terms, he regretted the terms, slow burn romance, he fell first, grief and healing, brother's death, marriage that became love, romance stories for women, romance for older women, story time romance, nobleman falls in love, duchess story, english estate, second wedding, settlement deed, he burned the contract, emotional love story, happily ever after, class difference romance, quiet love story, tender romance