“A beastly duke, hardened by grief. Two children raised in silence. A governess brave enough to change everything.” Eleanor Finch arrives at the crumbling Ashcombe Hall with four shillings to her name and desperation sharpening her courage. The widowed Duke of Ashcombe is a recluse drowning in grief and debt, his children abandoned to loneliness, his estate collapsing under years of neglect. She is hired to teach his children. She stays to save his family. As Eleanor coaxes laughter back into the nursery and hope back into the halls of Ashcombe, the boundaries between governess and employer begin to blur. Marcus Holbrooke finds himself relying on her counsel, seeking her quiet companionship, and feeling things a duke should never feel for a woman so far beneath his station. When village gossip turns vicious and creditors demand payment, Eleanor becomes a liability Marcus cannot afford, and a woman he cannot bear to lose. To protect him from scandal and ruin, she flees, sacrificing her own future to preserve his. Marcus has one month to save his estate, and then find the woman who restored his children, his home, and his heart. He must convince her that love is worth more than propriety, that partnership matters more than position, and that she belongs at Ashcombe not as his employee, but as his duchess. A clean Regency romance of sacrifice, redemption, wounded hearts, and the courage to choose love when society demands otherwise . No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after that will leave you smiling long after the final page. Also, available with Kindle Unlimited.