The Rake Needed a Fake Fiancée — But the Wallflower Made Him Want a Real Marriage

Lord Julian Harrogate needs a believable engagement before a family settlement puts vulnerable tenant farms in his cousin's reach. Lady Helena Vane is tired of being treated as the quiet woman whose future can be arranged around her. Their six-week fake courtship gives both of them leverage — until attraction makes every carefully negotiated boundary matter more, not less. What begins as a Regency bargain becomes a story about learning to ask, answer, and choose. Helena must decide what kind of life she actually wants; Julian must protect the people who depend on him without turning marriage into the price of responsibility. A slow-burn Regency romance where the rake waits, the wallflower decides, and a fake courtship has to earn a real yes. #RegencyRomance #HistoricalRomance #FakeCourtship #SlowBurnRomance