The Bride Fainted at the Altar — Then the Duke Found a Plea Sewn Into Her Glove

The Bride Fainted at the Altar — Then the Duke Found a Plea Sewn Into Her Glove When Helena Ross collapses at the altar, the Duke of Saxton pulls off her glove to check her pulse — and finds desperate words stitched into the lining, a plea hidden by a bride with nowhere else to turn. Tobias Reeve has met her only twice and mistaken her silence for shyness. Kneeling in the vestry while her father demands the ceremony proceed, he understands the truth: this was never a match, it was a sale. He marries her anyway, then spends weeks teaching a starved, frightened young woman that her new home has no locked doors except the ones she chooses to bolt herself. But her father isn't finished. When he drags the marriage into open court, claiming her vows were never truly hers to give, Tobias must decide how far a guarded duke will go to protect the woman he has quietly come to love. Will love survive a courtroom built to favor cruel fathers over frightened daughters? duke romance, regency romance, historical romance audiobook, forced marriage romance, arranged marriage duke, marriage of convenience romance, clean historical romance, duke and duchess love story, victorian romance audiobook, sweet romance audiobook for women, full length romance audiobook, jilted bride romance, altar collapse romance, glove hidden plea romance, starved bride rescued by duke, courtroom marriage scandal romance, regency duke saves bride, duke romance story