'I Have a Wife Now,' the Duke of Dunsworth Said — Unaware Whose Arm She Was Standing On

A duke silences a ballroom by announcing that he already has a wife, then turns and sees her across the candlelight on another man's arm. Three years earlier he had married a bankrupt's daughter to satisfy a dying man's will, sent her north to a cold house he never visited, and written a letter he would live to hear read aloud in open court. What he does not know is what she has built in those three years, or that a canal company, a thieving steward and his own family are about to take it from her. A story of a proud man who discovers, far too late, exactly what he threw away, and what it costs a duke to earn it back. #periodromance #historicalromance #duke #regency #romance #lovestory #cleanromance #victorianromance #marriageofconvenience #secondchanceromance #dukeschoice #englishnobility #estranged #arrangedmarriage #humbleheroine #broodingduke #annulment #courtroomdrama #yorkshire #millowner #floodrescue #forbiddenlove #slowburn #devotion #redemptionarc #audiostory #bedtimestory #longstory #romantichistory #classicromance #truelove #betrayalandforgiveness #societyscandal period romance, historical romance, duke romance, regency romance, victorian romance, clean romance, marriage of convenience, arranged marriage, estranged husband and wife, second chance love story, duke and commoner, humble heroine, brooding duke, annulment story, courtroom romance, yorkshire mill, canal company, corrupt steward, flood rescue, water wheel, village school, slow burn romance, forbidden love, aristocracy, english nobility, dukes choice, long romance audiobook, romantic story to fall asleep to, audio love story, wholesome romance, no explicit content, historical drama, redemption story, proud duke humbled, wife he abandoned, love against society, family will, inheritance drama, romance for older women