The Duke Was Declared Dead — He Came Home to Find a Young Widow Living in His House

A seven-year-old boy opened the door of the dower house at Harrowgate and told the tall stranger on the step that the Duke was not at home. The stranger was the Duke. Marguerite Ashby had kept his death notice in a locked box for eight years. She had been left standing in a church at dawn ten years before that, and had never once been told why. He came back from the dead with one sentence for her: "So it's true." It took him two more months to find out what was actually true. A full-length historical romance audio drama set in England, 1826. 00:00 The boy who answered the door Chapters continue below. ⚠ This is a work of original fiction. All characters, families, estates, inheritances, legal settlements and official records are entirely invented. Nothing here is historical, legal or financial information. Recommended for general audiences. © All rights reserved. Narration and story are original. Please do not re-upload or reproduce. 🔔 Subscribe for a new full-length story every week, and tell us in the comments where you're listening from tonight #HistoricalRomance #RegencyRomance #AudioDrama #DukeRomance #SecondChanceRomance #WidowRomance #PresumedDead #RomanceStory #AudioBook #cleanromance