The Duke Struck Her Name From the Guest List — She Arrived on Arm of the Man He Owed Everything To

When the Duke of Braxton lets his aunt strike a merchant's daughter from his own ball's guest list, he never imagines she will return anyway, on the arm of the one man in London he cannot refuse. Frederick Hale has spent ten years bowing to his aunt's judgment instead of his own conscience, and Joanna Mercer has spent her whole life refusing to be erased by anyone. Struck from the list, she arrives regardless, curtsies exactly as low as duty requires, and never once looks away. What begins as a duke's public humiliation becomes a Season of courtship he never asked permission for, and a debt neither of them yet understands the size of. Can a man who has never once disagreed with his own family finally choose the woman they have forbidden him — before pride, gossip, and his aunt's schemes cost him the only name that ever mattered to him? duke romance, regency romance, historical romance audiobook, clean historical romance, regency romance full audiobook, forbidden love regency romance, duke and merchant's daughter, guest list scandal romance, slow burn regency romance, second chance romance audiobook, sacred romance saga, banker's goddaughter romance, regency ballroom romance, HEA historical romance, dignified love story audiobook, English duke romance, London season romance, romance for women over 50, sweet historical romance