"YOU'RE SHIVERING"—THE DUKE REMOVED HIS COAT. SHE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS HER SECRET BENEFACTOR скачать в хорошем качестве

"YOU'RE SHIVERING"—THE DUKE REMOVED HIS COAT. SHE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS HER SECRET BENEFACTOR

"One cannot blame a man for declining damaged goods." Those words, spoken by Lord Clarence Pemberton at a glittering ball, destroyed Eleanor Ashworth's belief in love three years ago. Now she lives in careful poverty with her mother, her grey-green eyes guarded, her grandmother's locket her only remaining treasure. When creditors demand payment they cannot make, Eleanor faces the prospect of becoming a governess—if anyone will have a ruined debutante. Then the Duke of Thornton appears in their shabby sitting room, his dark eyes revealing nothing, his presence filling the space with an authority that makes the worn carpet seem shabbier still. His proposal is blunt: he needs a wife, she needs security, and he believes they might solve each other's difficulties. He offers no promises of love—only his name, his protection, and the settlement of her family's debts. Eleanor's fingers find the hollow of her throat where her pulse beats too fast. She has sworn never to hope again, never to expose her heart to such devastation. But this stern, silent duke with his careful hands and his scent of sandalwood—could he be something other than what he appears? A compelling Regency romance of practical arrangements and unexpected depths. Like and comment if you're ready for this journey. 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.