He Called Her Ugly at His Own Dinner Table — She Curtsied, Packed Her Trunk, and Left by Sunrise

He has been gone two years, and the wife his mother chose for him by proxy sits waiting at the foot of his table on the night he finally comes home. One cruel sentence, spoken before twenty candlelit guests, sends her out into the Sussex dark before sunrise — and sends a proud Duke of Hollinsgate chasing a truth he never bothered to see while she stood in front of him. What he finds in her empty room will undo everything he thought he knew about the woman he called ugly. A sweeping Regency tale of pride, cruelty, and the slow, aching work of earning forgiveness from someone who owes you none. #DukeRomance #RegencyRomance #PeriodDrama #HistoricalRomance #DukeAndDuchess #ForcedMarriage #SecondChanceRomance #VictorianRomance #LoveStory #RomanceAudiobook #StoryTime #ClassicRomance #SlowBurnRomance regency romance, duke romance audiobook, period drama story, historical romance narration, forced marriage romance, proxy marriage duke, duke redemption story, marriage of convenience romance, Regency duke and duchess, overlooked heroine romance, Hollinsgate duke story, arranged marriage historical romance, Victorian love story, sweeping historical romance, duke apologizes romance, second chance love story, full length romance narration, 1830s England romance, dignified heroine romance, audiobook style love story