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A Legacy of Lies: A Regency Historical Romance
Paperback
Series: The Hartleigh Inheritance, Book 1
Publisher Price: $17.99
ISBN13: 9781972086711
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: Jun 27 2026
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
Some legacies are claimed. Others are survived.
When Nathaniel Draycott inherits the Hartleigh title in name but not in blood, he expects ledgers, land, and the quiet burden of stewardship. What he finds instead is a house that resists accounting, an estate that balances on paper while something beneath it remains unclaimed.
Clara Whitmore has built her life on discipline and silence, serving at Eleanor's side in a house that watches as closely as any living thing. She knows every passage, every locked room, and every rule that keeps her past buried. What she does not expect is the new duke's gaze, precise, persistent, and far too perceptive.
As Nathaniel begins to uncover discrepancies between Hartleigh's records and its reality, Clara becomes both his most valuable guide and the one person he cannot safely trust. Each corridor they share tightens the web of suspicion and attraction neither can afford. A storm-lit encounter shatters their restraint, binding them in a secret neither can name without consequence.
But Hartleigh keeps its own accounts. Missing jewels, a sealed inheritance, and a shadow from Clara's past threaten to destroy more than reputation. To survive, Nathaniel must learn whether the woman who moves unseen through the house is its greatest danger, or the only one who can help him uncover the truth.
In a place where lineage is uncertain and every silence carries consequence, desire may prove the most perilous revelation of all.
Tropes you'll enjoy:
- Gothic romance
- Slow-burn attraction
- Provisional duke / reluctant heir
- Hidden identity / concealed lineage
- House with secrets
- Guardian-companion proximity
- Reputation in peril
- Forbidden desire
- Found family vs blood family
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