He Gave Her 21 Days to Fail — Then the Duke Withdrew His Accusation Before Everyone

A Duke gives Clara Whitcombe responsibility for a failing ice house—and makes every extraordinary loss her personal financial burden. Nathaniel Harrow expects the Frost House to prove exactly what he already believes about her. With a crucial military meat shipment approaching and thousands of pounds of imported ice disappearing in the summer heat, Clara appears to have been handed an impossible assignment. But inside the underground chamber, something does not make sense. The stone floor is wet. Some blocks are melting faster than others. Damp packing clings beneath the racks, and water that should be leaving the building is collecting beneath the very ice Clara has been ordered to preserve. Then Clara notices something else: Nathaniel’s punishment order contains a clause he never expected to matter. What begins as an aristocratic attempt to measure her failure becomes a Regency story of intelligence, evidence, power, and a Duke forced to confront the judgment he was certain could not be wrong. #RegencyRomance #DukeRomance #HistoricalRomance #StrongHeroine