When He Was a Duke

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>She thought he was a servant. He turned out to be her salvation.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Once Sebastian Ashford was a duke's son-until his father's hanging stripped him of his name his home and his future. Branded by scandal and hardened by war Sebastian returns to England with a single mission: uncover the truth behind his family's ruin. Disguised as a humble gardener he infiltrates the estate of the very man he suspects of orchestrating it all.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lady Rose Wentworth knows her place in Society-but that place is a prison. Raised in luxury yet suffocated by duty she dreams of a life beyond her father's control. Now she's being forced into marriage with a ruthless baron twenty years her senior-a match designed to secure power not happiness. When she meets the new gardener she's drawn to his quiet strength and piercing gaze-unaware that he's the enemy her family helped create.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As their forbidden romance deepens Sebastian and Rose must choose between loyalty and desire vengeance and redemption. But in a world where titles define worth and secrets can destroy everything loving him could cost them their lives.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Regency romance of slow-burn longing forbidden attraction hidden identities and the intoxicating thrill of enemies becoming lovers.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From USA Today Bestselling Author Tess Thompson comes a sweeping story of passion peril and the fierce courage it takes to reclaim a name-and a future.</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Tropes you'll love:</strong></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Disguised Identity / Secret Identity</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Class Difference / Forbidden Love</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Slow Burn Romance</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Redemption Arc</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Found Family</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Masquerade Ball</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Revenge Plot</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Beauty and the Beast Vibes</span></li></ul><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Note: </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This series is part of Dragonblade's Sweet Dreams line so this is a sweet wholesome Historical Romance where passion beyond the bedroom door is left to the reader's imagination.</span></p>