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Miss Violet Steele is a bookish wallflower, determined to defy societal expectations and become a writer. She therefore looks forward to a life of contented spinsterhood... until her childhood friend asks for her hand in marriage. Desperate to avoid this dreadful future, Violet agrees to a last season in London with the hopes of publishing her novel. That is when fate intervenes in the form of the mysterious Marquess of Blackburn, who intrigues her as much as he infuriates her.
Will she allow herself to open up her heart and eventually believe in true love?
As the sole heir to a duchy, Rhys Huxley has spent a lifetime eschewing his duty. When his estranged father's health begins to fail though, Rhys needs to respect his last wish about securing their succession. Determined to not let this define his future, Rhys devises a scheme to fake a betrothal. Searching high and low for a woman to fit the bill, he crosses paths with Violet, a familiar bluestocking, who is not only everything he is looking for, but even more than he could ever imagine.
As absurd as it seems to him, he may have actually found the one who truly talks to his soul...
When their arrangement takes on a life of its own, Violet and Rhys must reconsider everything they know about love and duty. As the lines of their deception and their real feelings begin to blur, will their growing affection turn into a true love? Or will internal battles and threatening forces overpower their newly formed bond?
"A Lord's Unspoken Promise" is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genre: Historical Romance
Will she allow herself to open up her heart and eventually believe in true love?
As the sole heir to a duchy, Rhys Huxley has spent a lifetime eschewing his duty. When his estranged father's health begins to fail though, Rhys needs to respect his last wish about securing their succession. Determined to not let this define his future, Rhys devises a scheme to fake a betrothal. Searching high and low for a woman to fit the bill, he crosses paths with Violet, a familiar bluestocking, who is not only everything he is looking for, but even more than he could ever imagine.
As absurd as it seems to him, he may have actually found the one who truly talks to his soul...
When their arrangement takes on a life of its own, Violet and Rhys must reconsider everything they know about love and duty. As the lines of their deception and their real feelings begin to blur, will their growing affection turn into a true love? Or will internal battles and threatening forces overpower their newly formed bond?
"A Lord's Unspoken Promise" is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genre: Historical Romance
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