"Pretend to Be My Fiancée at the Christmas Ball," the Duke Asked — His One Rule Left Her Breathless

"Pretend to Be My Fiancée at the Christmas Ball," the Duke Asked — His One Rule Left Her Breathless When bailiffs come for her failing girls' school, former governess Nell Pryor gets an unlikely rescue: a duke on her doorstep offering to pay every debt if she will pose as his fiancée for the twelve days of Christmas. She agrees, on her own terms — her own room, no liberties, no lies to the sister who once adored her. He has only one condition in return, and it undoes her before she even says yes. As six calculating heiresses descend on his ancestral castle and a formidable dowager watches her son's every glance, the pretend engagement grows dangerously real, built on old memories neither meant to admit to keeping. A duke who has spent five years refusing to want anything. A governess who has spent her life being overlooked. Twelve days, one rule, and a truth that outlasts every performance. Will the duke break the only rule he ever made to protect his own heart? duke romance, regency romance, historical romance audiobook, sweet romance story, clean romance audiobook, duke and governess romance, fake fiancée romance, christmas regency romance, twelve days of christmas romance, marriage of convenience romance, slow burn romance audiobook, romance short story audio, victorian romance audiobook, historical romance for women, regency christmas story, dukes and governesses, full audiobook romance, love story audio, romantic period drama audio, holiday romance audiobook