He Wed His Friend's 'Unwanted' Sister From Duty — Unaware the Duke of Marchfield Would Fall

Her own family called her the unwanted one, kept her in a damp dower house with the account books and the hens, and arranged to send her north as an unpaid companion the moment her brother was buried. Then a feared, silent Duke rode ninety miles to keep a promise made to a dying friend, and offered marriage to a woman nobody in England had bothered to name in eleven years. He married her out of duty on a wet Tuesday in October, and spent the year that followed discovering exactly what he had been given. When the county turned on her and a stolen inheritance and a burning mill nearly destroyed them both, the Duke of Marchfield found there was one thing he would not do, at any price: let her go. #periodromance #historicalromance #duke #regency #romance #lovestory #cleanromance #dukesromance #marriageofconvenience #dutymarriage #overlookedheroine #unwantedsister #arrangedmarriage #broodingduke #regencyromance #victorianromance #romancestory #audiostory #bedtimestory #longstory #cinderellastory #secondchance #cherished #truelove #storytime #englishcountryside #estatedrama #hiddenworth #dignity #forbiddenlove #romanticstory #happyending #familybetrayal #deathbedpromise period romance, historical romance, duke romance, regency romance, victorian romance, clean romance, duty marriage, marriage of convenience, arranged marriage story, unwanted sister, overlooked heroine, plain heroine, brooding duke, feared duke, duke and commoner, deathbed promise, dying friend, estate story, english countryside romance, ledger and accounts, corrupt steward, stolen inheritance, forged will, codicil, mill fire, village romance, dowager duchess, long romance story, long audio story, romance audiobook, love story narration, story for sleep, wholesome romance, no explicit content, against the odds love, quiet heroine, hidden strength, duchess story, he chose her, warm ending