A Duke in Her Fate by Hanna Hamilton

“You told London you are mine.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”
“Then I suppose I must make it true.”

To escape a cruel marriage, Isla MacLaren announces she is already engaged to the elusive Duke of Westvale. A harmless lie. After all, he hasn’t been seen in society for years. Until he appears on her doorstep. And he doesn’t deny the lie.
Cold, powerful, and impossible to read, Ronan Ward has no intention of marrying. But when he discovers a bold Scottish lady has publicly claimed him as her betrothed, he sees the perfect solution to a problem of his own. Protecting the young boy in his care.
He makes one thing clear. Nothing will ever happen between them. Ronan Ward does not love. Yet the longer the fearless lady who dared to use his name remains beside him, the more she becomes something far more dangerous to the Duke of Westvale…his heart’s greatest temptation.

*If you like a realistic yet charming depiction of the Regency and Victorian era, then A Duke in Her Fate is the novel for you.