To Defend a Damaged Duke

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(66 66 66 1)>Benedict Fitzsimmons the reclusive fourteenth Duke of Ashington nurses a secret desire for his own sex he'd much prefer nobody ever found out about. Indeed having only ever given in to his urges as a youth-and with disastrous consequences-he never imagined they would. Preferring the company of his racehorses to people Benedict spends most of his time working on estate matters longing for a lost love he can never have.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(66 66 66 1)>When an anonymous letter threatening to expose Benedict lands in his lap he's shocked to the core. He doesn't have any enemies; why would anyone want to destroy him? Terrified and with his family's impeccable reputation at stake Benedict joins forces with loyal friend the Earl of Rossingley to track down the culprit.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(66 66 66 1)>Risen from poverty and with a sordid past he'd rather forget Tommy Squire has a mind dedicated to growing his business ventures and a heart shaped from stone. When the man who once broke it in a life-changing betrayal requests Tommy's help to avoid a scandal he finds himself embroiled in a daring scheme to bring down a blackmailer. As their plot unfolds Tommy realises it's more than his former lover he's endeavouring to protect it's his battered heart.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(66 66 66 1)>This second book in the Rossingley Regency romance series turns to friends of the fourteenth earl of Rossingley Lando Duchamps-Avery who once again has a hand in the shenanigans set in London's wealthy Ton society. This book can be read as a standalone.</span></p>