His Ruined Duchess by Maybel Bardot

“I am not yours to command, Your Grace.”
“No, but you’ll soon learn, Duchess—desire makes liars of us all.”

Recently widowed, Selina is suddenly at the mercy of her late husband’s heir—a man who wants her gone. But she won’t go quietly. Not when defying him feels so deliciously wicked…
Duke Hugh never asked for a title…or the tempting widow that came with it. So he gives her an ultimatum: find a husband. Stay out of his way…
Yet when Hugh learns she’s untouched, desire turns to obsession. And claiming Selina would cost him the one thing he can’t afford to lose—control.

*If you like a realistic yet steamy depiction of the Regency and Victorian era, then His Ruined Duchess is the novel for you.