Duchess By Condition by Hazel Linwood

“Share a house, raise a child, and refrain from murdering each other. Can you do it, My Lady?”

When her father remarries, the only thing left for Violet is her aunt’s estate. But instead of the fresh start she longs for, she finds herself trapped with the one man she cannot stand…
Many have tried to buy Westlake Estate, but only Duke Jonathan came close. Until a troublesome will appears. Now, to secure the inheritance, he must live with a vexing spinster and raise the orphaned child named in the will…
Yet as they play at being a family for the boy’s sake, their arrangement begins to slip. And Jonathan starts to realize that it’s not the estate he wants.
It’s the place next to Violet that starts to feel dangerously like home…

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