'Still No Husband?' Her Old Suitor Sneered — He Had No Idea She'd Married the Duke of Westmere

"Still no husband, Aurelia?" Six years after he jilted her for an heiress, Captain Roderick Payne laughs at Aurelia Greene in front of the whole Pump Room in Bath. Aurelia only smiles. She has come quietly, without her title, to claim the small house her kind uncle left her, and no one in Bath knows the truth: three months ago she married Bartholomew Royce, the Duke of Westmere. But Payne is drowning in debt, and he wants her house. When she refuses him, he forges a love letter in her hand, steals the ring from her room, and stands up at the grand Bath Assembly to turn her into the laughing stock of the town. Her letters to the north vanish. Her husband does not come. And a doctor with a paper is waiting to lock her away. Can one brave woman hold on until the truth arrives? This is a full-length Regency romance narration of a secret marriage, a cruel old suitor, and a duke who keeps his promise. #DukeRomance #RegencyRomance #HistoricalRomance #SecretMarriage #PeriodDrama #CleanRomance #SlowBurnRomance #LoveStory #RomanceAudiobook #RegencyEra #RomanceNarration #BathRegency #HappilyEverAfter #BedtimeStory #TheDukesChosenBride duke romance story, regency romance audiobook, secret duchess romance, still no husband story, jilted spinster revenge romance, Duke of Westmere, Aurelia Greene, Bartholomew Royce, Captain Roderick Payne, Bath regency romance, Pump Room scandal, Assembly Rooms scandal story, forged letter romance, stolen wedding ring story, clean historical romance, on the shelf heroine romance, full length romance narration, period drama love story, historical romance audiobook, the duke's chosen bride