He Wed Her Only for Duty — Then One Bruise on Her Wrist Turned the Duke Against His Own Family

He married the poor surgeon's daughter only to keep a promise to her dying father — and his cruel family swore she would be gone by midnight. On the night of the great Fernhill ball, Sylvie hears the Dowager and her greedy younger son plotting through the library door: hide the family diamonds in her pillow, call her a thief, and free the Duke to marry a golden heiress who will pay every gambling debt. Caught listening, Sylvie is left with a cruel bruise on her wrist. But when the cold, silent Duke of Fernhill sees that bruise — and the small mark pressed inside it — everything his family built begins to fall. This is a clean Regency romance of hidden kindness, a framed heroine, a duty marriage that was never really about duty, and one long night that changes a great house forever. Would you have stayed silent like Sylvie, or spoken up the moment you heard the plot? #dukeromance #regencyromance #historicalromance #cleanromance #periodromance #marriageofconvenience #sweetromance #victorianromance #romancestory #audiobookromance #framedheroine #arrangedmarriage #sleepstoryromance #crueltyrevenge duke romance audiobook, regency romance story, clean historical romance, marriage of convenience duke, duty marriage romance, framed for theft romance, cruel dowager duchess, wicked brother in law, stolen diamonds romance, bruise on her wrist, duke defends his wife, surgeon daughter heroine, navy captain duke, secret overheard plot, ball night romance, sweet regency love story, period drama romance, full length romance audiobook, bedtime romance story, sleep story romance, villain comeuppance romance, hidden kindness romance, cold duke warm heart, one night romance story, victorian romance story, family betrayal romance, relaxing romance story