Confessions of a Duchess by Arabella Wells

“I cannot abandon her, not when I have yet to atone for my sins…”
After failing to save his sister, Duke Winston has sworn vengeance against the ton’s abusers. But then, he overhears a lady’s sweet confession. And he cannot fight the protective instinct she stirs in him. He knows what he must do. Even if he is the last man deserving of a wife.

“Bless me, for I have sinned” “And what does a lady like you have to confess?”
Vanessa must disobey her parents. Yet, even if they want her to marry a man who’s always been cruel to her, she finds it impossible to disappoint them. Until a man demands she become his duchess. Promising freedom and anything she wants. Everything. Except his scarred heart.

*If you like powerful Dukes, loving Duchesses and a marvelous depiction of the majestic Regency and Victorian era, then Confessions of a Duchess is the novel for you.