Why Did You Sell My Horses, Girl?” — “To Feed Your Tenants, Your Grace. Nobody Else Would

“Why did you sell my horses, girl?” “To feed your tenants, Your Grace. Nobody else would.” Captain Theodore Ashford never wanted to be a Duke. He certainly never wanted a stable. But when a solicitor’s letter finds him at sea, he comes home to the north of England at midnight and finds forty stalls empty, a hungry village, and a girl in a mended brown dress counting coins by lantern light. Tess Harker sold every horse on the estate. She kept a book, wrote down every penny, and fed two hundred and forty people through the worst winter in memory. Now the agent says she is a thief, the law says it is a hanging matter, and the new Duke, who has been afraid of horses since he was nine years old, has only until Thursday noon to decide whom to believe. Why is the great barn empty when the harvest was full? Where do six wagons go every Tuesday and Friday night? And what is a red rose doing on a torn scrap of sack? A slow burn Regency romance with a brave heroine, a frightened hero, a village in need, and a mystery hidden in plain sight. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, and events are imaginary. If you enjoy stories of dukes, clever heroines, and love that grows slowly, please like, subscribe, and tell me in the comments which moment you liked best. #RegencyRomance #DukeRomance #HistoricalRomance #AudioStory #RomanceStories #SlowBurn regency romance, duke romance, historical romance, audio story, romance audiobook, slow burn romance, duke and stable girl, regency audiobook, clean romance, period romance story, romance story full length, duke romance audiobook, hungry winter, naval captain duke, grain smuggling, historical romance audiobook, regency era story, romance for sleep, long romance story, Velvet Manor Romance