Her Aunt Burned Her Beloved Books — the Duke Bought the Entire Library in Her Name

An orphaned young woman stands in a garden and watches her aunt burn every book her late father ever gave her, page by page, until nothing remains but ash. She does not cry. She does not beg. She simply watches — and so does a silent rider passing on the road, a duke who says nothing, does nothing, and rides on. Philippa Dacre has nothing left but her mind, and an aunt determined to call that "unmarriageable." Nathaniel Orme, the reclusive Duke of Winterleigh, has spent his life guarding his heart the way she guards her love of books. Four days after the fire, six carts arrive at her aunt's door carrying an answer neither of them expected. What does a man do when he cannot say what he feels — and what happens when a shy scholar and a guarded duke are given a room, and forever, to finally say it? duke romance, regency romance, historical romance audiobook, clean historical romance, duke romance audiobook, slow burn romance, orphan heroine romance, bluestocking heroine, book lover romance, regency england romance, historical romance for women, library romance, secret admirer duke, cruel aunt romance, burned books story, happily ever after romance, audio romance story, romance short story, victorian romance audiobook, sacred romance saga