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The House of Ashbourne - Book 4: The Soldier's Return
Paperback
Series: The House of Ashbourne, Book 4
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 20 2025
Pages: 372
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.77 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A wounded Major. A relentless reformer. A city built on secrets.
Fresh from the Peninsula and already limping through London's ruthlessly glittering Season, Major Gabriel Ashbourne wants only one thing: to keep his family name out of the betting book at White's. Miss Beatrice Hartwell wants something far more dangerous-bread, roofs, and truth-for the widows and children her little charity school refuses to abandon.
When forged vouchers and a counterfeit countersignature point to a rot running from the Pay Office to the City, Gabe and Beatrice strike a bargain: his access and discipline for her evidence and iron will. Ballrooms become battlefields, riverside warehouses become traps, and a single dull phrase-stamp, not seal-could topple reputations far grander than theirs. As warrants fly and donors flinch, partnership turns to something neither of them can afford to name...unless they mean to keep a door open for more than just the children.
The Soldier's Return delivers a slow-burn Regency romance with real stakes: courtroom tension, candlelit banter, and a found family that refuses to break. Expect a scarred soldier learning steadiness isn't weakness, a bluestocking who will not recant, and a happily-ever-after hard-won and fully paid.
Perfect for readers of Lisa Kleypas, Mary Balogh, and Evie Dunmore.
Tropes you'll love: wounded hero - bluestocking reformer - opposites attract - forced partnership - found family - slow burn - proper HEA
Series: Book Four in the Ashbourne novels. Can be read as a standalone.
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