At Their Engagement Ball the Duke Chose Another Woman — a Second Duke Saw Everything

Selina Marsh has been promised since childhood to Rupert Vane, the handsome Duke of Harcastle, and her father, a rich shipowner, has paid off every one of the Duke's family debts. Loyal and kind, Selina plans a grand engagement ball for three hundred guests. But when Rupert stands to make the announcement, he calls out another woman's name and kisses Lady Fenella Crane's hand while Selina stands frozen in her white gown. Only one man sees the truth: Orlando Brook, the quiet Duke of Radley, watching from the shadows as a fat purse of gold changes hands. Soon forged letters, cruel lies and a family's ruin send Selina away in shame to a cold house on the Yorkshire moors. Then, at the wedding breakfast, Orlando rises with a bundle of papers, and everything changes. A clean Regency romance narration about loyalty, betrayal and the quiet man who waited. duke romance, regency romance, victorian romance, clean romance narration, jilted bride romance, engagement ball scandal, broken engagement, second duke romance, quiet duke, two dukes romance, betrayal and revenge romance, villain gets exposed, forged letters scandal, arranged marriage romance, shipowner's daughter, wedding breakfast reveal, duke falls in love, overlooked heroine, justice served, sweet clean romance, historical romance audio, period drama romance, love saga, romance story narration, happily ever after