Married to the Duke She Despised, Desired by the Man She Couldn't Resist

She signed a contract — not a love story. He offered her a name, not his heart. But Ashford Manor has a way of dissolving the most carefully built walls, one silent evening at a time. Between ballrooms and arguments, midnight libraries and frost-covered gardens, two people who promised themselves nothing would happen discover that the heart never honored that agreement. Some stories find you exactly when you need them most.