The Duke of Alsop Was Promised a Plain Wife — Unaware the Room Would Hush When the Veil Lifted

A duke home from eleven years abroad finds himself bound by his dead father's contract to marry the eldest daughter of a neighbouring house — a young woman he has never met, described to him by her own stepmother as plain, dull, slow and marked by fever, and kept always at the back of the house. He means to keep his word and be kind. What he does not know is who the girl in the mob cap and the man's boots really is, or why the bride's family insists so very firmly that the veil must not be lifted until the register is signed. On a bright windy morning in May, in front of three hundred and forty people who have all been told the same lie for eleven years, the Duke of Alsop lifts that veil himself. #periodromance #historicalromance #duke #regency #romance #lovestory #cleanromance #cleanhistoricalromance #victorianromance #regencyromance #plainbride #theveillifted #hiddenidentity #arrangedmarriage #contractmarriage #mistakenidentity #cinderellastory #wickedstepmother #schemershumbled #dukesbride #altarreveal #overlookedheroine #truelove #devotion #romancestory #audiostory #storytime #bedtimestory #romancenarration #dignityrewarded #slowburnromance #englishcountryhouse #candlelitromance #warmending #hechoseher period romance, historical romance, duke romance, regency romance, victorian romance, clean romance, clean historical romance, wholesome romance, plain bride, veiled bride, veil lifted, altar reveal, hidden identity, mistaken identity, arranged marriage contract, marriage contract honoured, cinderella story, wicked stepmother, scheming stepmother humbled, stepsister substitution, bride swap foiled, forged register, overlooked heroine, drudge to duchess, she ran the estate, ledgers and accounts, duke home from the war, duke in regimentals, church fell silent, love story audiobook, romance narration, story for older women, bedtime romance story, long romance story, slow burn romance, tasteful romance, no explicit content, warm ending, happy ending romance, duke wedding