The Duke's Bride Vanishes
(2024)(The first book in the Secret Lives of Regency Ladies series)
A novel by Lark Maitland
Rumors have flown for years.
That he's ruined scores of enemies.
Broken just as many hearts.
Lost an eye in a duel.
Murdered his first wife.
The Beast of Blackflint is a monster out of a fairy tale.
Arabella Denton's father just negotiated his most ambitious deal: marrying her to a duke. Unfortunately, that man is Nicholas Alberle--fifteen years her senior, powerful, cold, scarred, and terrifying. Worse, their wedding will mean the end of Arabella's secret life as one of London's most promising artists.
Nick knows what he needs: a wife who will give him an heir without capturing his interest, imagination, or heart. Shy Arabella seems perfect. Until she vanishes from their betrothal dinner. Running from him... into a raging, deadly storm.
When Nick goes after Arabella, what unfolds is a night neither predicted. A singular night of accusation, of truths never before confessed... and unexpected, searing passion, for as long as the storm might last.
The Duke's Bride Vanishes is a novella-length Regency Romance. For those seeking a content warning, please be aware that characters make mention of serious subjects including abuse and suicide.
Genre: Historical Romance
That he's ruined scores of enemies.
Broken just as many hearts.
Lost an eye in a duel.
Murdered his first wife.
The Beast of Blackflint is a monster out of a fairy tale.
Arabella Denton's father just negotiated his most ambitious deal: marrying her to a duke. Unfortunately, that man is Nicholas Alberle--fifteen years her senior, powerful, cold, scarred, and terrifying. Worse, their wedding will mean the end of Arabella's secret life as one of London's most promising artists.
Nick knows what he needs: a wife who will give him an heir without capturing his interest, imagination, or heart. Shy Arabella seems perfect. Until she vanishes from their betrothal dinner. Running from him... into a raging, deadly storm.
When Nick goes after Arabella, what unfolds is a night neither predicted. A singular night of accusation, of truths never before confessed... and unexpected, searing passion, for as long as the storm might last.
The Duke's Bride Vanishes is a novella-length Regency Romance. For those seeking a content warning, please be aware that characters make mention of serious subjects including abuse and suicide.
Genre: Historical Romance
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