Her Sisters Laughed When Her Groom Gave Her a Plain Iron Ring — They Didn't Know He Was the Duke

📚 My three novels + audiobooks — the longest story I've ever written: https://timelesslovebooks.com Emily Dartthorpe had always sat at the bottom of her mother's table, beside the kitchen stair, where she could fetch whatever was wanted. Her sisters were the beauty and the baby. Emily was the plain one who sat up all night with her father and his telescope, and when he died, all she had left of him was a star book and the clear nights on the hill behind the house. That autumn a comet rose over the valley, and one night a stranger was waiting by her hawthorn tree — a quiet man in mourning who did not know the names of the stars, and who listened to her as no one ever had. Down in the house, her mother was scheming to catch the grieving new Duke across the valley for her prettiest daughter, and had already decided to send Emily away for good. So when Emily's groom slid a plain iron ring onto her finger, her sisters laughed out loud in the church. They thought she had married a nobody. They never asked whose ring it was, or what story it carried — or who was about to come up the garden path before the wedding breakfast was over. A tender regency tale of a woman her own family never looked at, and the man who saw her by starlight and chose her for exactly who she was. Sit back, relax, and let this story carry you to the candlelit ballrooms and great houses of old England. ▶ If you love slow-burn regency and historical romance and dramatic period stories, subscribe and turn on the bell so you never miss a new tale. 💬 Tell us in the comments: which city are you watching from, and how did Emily's story make you feel? #regencyromance #historicalromance #perioddrama #dukeromance #secretduke #cinderellastory #cleanromance #slowburnromance #regencyera #ironring #hiddenidentity #overlookedheroine #historicalfiction #lovestory #romancestory #narratedstory #bedtimestory #truelove #regencyhistorical #oldengland Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. All characters, names, places, and events are entirely fictional and the product of creative storytelling. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or to actual events is purely coincidental. This story and its narration are produced with the assistance of AI tools for entertainment purposes only.