The Grieving Duke’s Deceptive Governess: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Where Dukes Dare and Ladies Love)

Miss Charlotte Winslow never imagined she would be forced to flee her own home but when her father suddenly dies and her uncle schemes to marry her off to a stranger, she escapes with nothing but a false name. Disguised as Anne Carter, she secures a position as governess in the household of her father's oldest ally, the brooding Duke of Rackheath, never expecting her refuge to feel so dangerously like a place she could call her own.

Alexander Montford, Duke of Rackheath, has lived in the shadow of grief for two long years, his once-grand estate fallen silent and his young son kept at a distance he does not know how to bridge. He has no patience for yet another unsuitable governess, but Miss Carter is unlike any he has known. With quiet warmth, she brings laughter back into his home, awakening something in his guarded heart he believed lost forever.

Charlotte knows her safety depends upon her silence yet with each passing day, the truth weighs more heavily upon her, especially as love begins to bloom between them. When her past finally catches up with her, she faces an impossible choice: protect herself or betray the man who has given her hope again. When love is built on secrets, can it truly survive the truth?

Tropes: Widowed Hero, Governess, Forced Proximity, Secret Identity

"The Grieving Duke’s Deceptive Governess" is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.