The Duke of Lomere Sought a Wife — Unaware His One Condition Would Cost Him the Only One He Wanted

He was called the most admired man in England — rich, handsome, courteous, and the last of his line — and at his own grandmother's ball he announced the one condition on which he would take a wife, and every lady in the county refused it. The county laughed, the print shops made him a caricature, and nobody asked why a man of seven-and-thirty had decided that his name should die with him. Only a poor apothecary's daughter in a market town, whose father had been ruined for saying the same thing eleven years before, took one look at him across her counter and told him the truth about what was killing his family. What it cost her to prove it, and what he did when the whole world turned on her, is the rest of the story. #periodromance #historicalromance #duke #regency #romance #lovestory #cleanromance #victorianromance #dukeromance #apothecary #healerheroine #hiddentalent #broodingduke #mostadmiredduke #onecondition #noheir #familysecret #medicalmystery #slowburn #againsttheodds #truelove #wholesomeromance #romancestories #audiostory #storytime #bedtimestory #courtroomdrama #justice #falseaccusation #clearedname #dukeschoice #englishromance #longromance #tastefulromance #shesavedhim period romance, historical romance, duke romance, regency romance, victorian romance, clean romance, wholesome love story, duke seeks a wife, one condition, no heir, last of his line, apothecary's daughter, healer heroine, hidden talent heroine, humble heroine, brooding duke, most admired duke, family curse, slow poisoning, medical mystery, ruined father, cleared name, false accusation, assize trial, courtroom drama, dowager duchess, matchmaking grandmother, village shop, long audio story, romance audiobook, bedtime romance story, love against the odds, slow burn romance, tasteful romance, no explicit content, romance for women, duke and commoner, warm ending, he chose her anyway