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When He Was a Duke: A Regency Historical Romance
Paperback
Series: The Duke's Legacy, Book 1
Publisher Price: $17.99
ISBN13: 9781969349461
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: Nov 28 2025
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
She thought he was a servant. He turned out to be her salvation.
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.
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.
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.
A Regency romance of slow-burn longing, forbidden attraction, hidden identities, and the intoxicating thrill of enemies becoming lovers.
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.
Tropes you'll love:
- Disguised Identity / Secret Identity
- Class Difference / Forbidden Love
- Slow Burn Romance
- Redemption Arc
- Found Family
- Masquerade Ball
- Revenge Plot
- Beauty and the Beast Vibes
Note: 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.
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