Her Mother Sold Her to the Feared Duke — Then He Noticed She Flinched at Every Shadow

He was called the Iron Duke because no one had ever seen him feel anything at all. When a grasping widow offers her own daughter for ten thousand pounds, the Duke of Ravenscourt expects a quiet bride and nothing more — a simple end to his family's pressure to marry. Instead he brings home a girl who flinches at closing doors, hides bruises beneath long sleeves, and barricades her bedroom door each night with a chair. He tells himself it is not his concern. He is wrong almost immediately. Slowly, carefully, the man the whole county fears becomes the only person she has ever trusted not to hurt her — and when her past comes back to reclaim her, he will have to decide exactly how far his guarded heart is willing to go. Can a man who chose to feel nothing learn to feel everything in time to save her? duke romance, regency romance, historical romance audiobook, romance audiobook for sleep, sad to happy romance story, forced marriage romance, marriage of convenience duke, feared duke romance, arranged marriage historical romance, duke and abused bride, cold duke soft heart, regency England romance, victorian romance audiobook, second chance romance story, protective duke romance, slow burn historical romance, romance story with happy ending, audiobook romance for women