A Love Trial for the Defiant Lady: A Historical Regency Romance Novel

Renowned as the ton’s great beauty, Lady Rosalind Ashbury has never doubted her own consequence. Proud, polished, and exquisitely untouchable, she never expected her fate to be sealed by scandal. Can her forced marriage to the charming Duke of Ravenshire be the undoing of her vanity or even the beginning of true love?

Nathaniel Harrow, Duke of Ravenshire, inherits not only a title but a crushing burden of debt upon his father’s death. Pressed to wed for fortune, he seizes the chance to protect Rosalind’s reputation to secure his own survival. Can he ever grow to love a woman whose prideful temper so frequently tests his resolve?

Bound together by necessity, Rosalind and Nathaniel soon discover an unexpected bond growing between them. When a spurned suitor from Rosalind’s past returns determined to destroy what he cannot possess, their fragile trust is under threat. Can Rosalind and the Duke finally give up their pride for the love they deserve the most?

Tropes: Opposites Attract, Forced Marriage, Enemies to Lovers.

"A Love Trial for the Defiant Lady" is a historical romance novel of approximately 65,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.