The Runaway Heiress Hid in His Carriage — Unaware He Was the Duke Her Father Had Chosen

The Runaway Heiress Hid in His Carriage — Unaware He Was the Duke Her Father Had Chosen Fleeing a marriage contract to a duke her stepmother swears is cold, old, and cruel, an heiress climbs into the nearest carriage at a coaching inn and begs the gentleman inside to drive on. He does — for three days across the Great North Road, courteous and unhurried, letting her believe him nothing more than a restful country gentleman. What she does not know is that the man listening to every word of her escape is the very duke she is running from, and he has every reason to let her keep believing otherwise. He wants, for once, to be chosen for himself before his title ever enters the carriage. But a lie kept too long arrives at the worst possible inn, in front of the worst possible witness. How long can a duke hide behind a stranger's name before the truth costs him the only woman who ever truly saw him? duke romance, regency romance, historical romance audiobook, clean historical romance, duke and heiress, forced marriage romance, runaway bride story, regency carriage romance, slow burn duke romance, historical romance for women, love story audiobook, period drama romance, duke in disguise romance, marriage of convenience regency, sweet historical romance, Great North Road romance, arranged marriage duke, wholesome romance audiobook