Her Stepsisters Married Earls and Laughed at Her — Then the Most Eligible Duke Knelt to the Orphan

Her Stepsisters Married Earls and Laughed at Her — Then the Most Eligible Duke Knelt to the Orphan At her stepsister's grand wedding breakfast, Penelope Lambert drops a tray of teacups, and both of her stepsisters, now proud countesses, laugh that the orphan is on her knees where she belongs. Then the most wanted man in Cheshire crosses the room and kneels on the marble floor beside her. Adrian, Duke of Penby, is rich, guarded, and tired of every mother in the county chasing him for her daughter. But he has come to Brindle Hall for a secret reason. Penelope was told her late father, a Navy captain, left her nothing. Adrian has twelve letters signed in her name that say otherwise. With her twenty-fifth birthday only weeks away, a cruel stepmother has everything to lose, and Penelope may be about to lose far more than her place in the house. Can a duke who trusts no one prove the truth before the orphan is sent away forever? duke romance, regency romance, historical romance audiobook, clean historical romance, victorian romance story, romantic audio drama, historical romance for women, slow burn regency romance, duke and orphan romance, cruel stepsisters story, wicked stepmother romance, cinderella regency romance, stolen inheritance romance, duke kneels romance, cheshire regency romance, sacred romance saga