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👑 "TOUCH HER AND YOU DIE," THE COLD DUKE WARNED—NO ONE KNEW WHY HE PROTECTED HER

For two seasons, Lord Geoffrey Blackwood courted Lady Eliza Ashford with poetry and promises, moonlit whispers and lingering glances. At Lady Pemberton's ball, Eliza arrives believing tonight is the night he'll propose—her best silk gown, her hair arranged with painstaking care, her heart full of dreams for their future together. Instead, she watches him publicly announce his engagement to Miss Arabella Sinclair, whose shipping fortune dwarfs anything the modest Ashford family could provide. When Eliza approaches them, Geoffrey dismisses her with devastating cruelty: "You have been a delightful companion these past months, Eliza, truly—but companionship does not pay debts or restore crumbling manor houses." By morning, all of London knows Lady Eliza has been passed over, discarded like last season's fashion. Three months later, she's retreated to Thornwood Manor where her family's fortunes crumble and her father's health fails. With no prospects and mounting debts, can a woman who's learned love's cruelest lesson survive when hope seems lost? Perfect for fans of Regency romance, public humiliation, second chances, and stories of resilience after betrayal. 💕 Like and subscribe! Comment—would you risk your heart again? This story is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and scenarios presented are purely imaginative and created for entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.