The Duke Mocked Her Simple Dress — Until the Queen Asked Where She Had Come From

At a glittering royal drawing room, the Duke of Cavendish makes a cruel joke about the plain muslin gown worn by a country baronet's daughter — and every fashionable head in the room laughs with him. Minutes later, the Queen of England crosses the floor and speaks to the girl in muslin as though she is the only person worth knowing there. Philippa Neale never wanted London's notice, only her father's approval and a quiet life in Northumberland. Lucian Derry has never once been wrong in front of a room — until this one. What follows is a battle of pride and sense between a duke who has forgotten how to be kind and a woman who refuses to be ashamed of who she is. As the Season turns against them both, one impossible act of humility may be the only way he can prove he deserves her. Will silk win, or will sense finally capture a duke's guarded heart? duke romance, regency romance, historical romance audiobook, clean romance audiobook, enemies to lovers romance, regency duke romance, royal romance story, historical romance for women, romance short story audiobook, duke and commoner romance, forbidden regency love, queen charlotte romance, arranged marriage romance, sweet historical romance, victorian romance audiobook, humiliation to redemption romance, second chance regency romance, plain girl duke romance, hay wagon romance