The Autumn Duchess by Jillian Eaton
A desperate wallflower…
As the fourth daughter of a baron, Miss Hannah Fairchild has no dreams of grandeur when it comes to marriage. Forget a duke or an earl. The shy, spinsterly wallflower would be happy with a doctor or (even better) the bookseller’s son. Unfortunately, if she wants to save her family from financial ruin – and her father from debtor’s prison – a duke is precisely what she needs.
A disfigured duke…
Severely injured from a fall as a young child, the Duke of Wycliffe has spent much of his adult life in bitter seclusion. Withdrawn from the outside world and everyone in it who mocked him for his physical disfigurement, Evan fully intends to spend the rest of his days in isolation at Wycliffe Manor. Until a stammering, gray-eyed bookmouse arrives on his doorstep and proposes marriage.
An unexpected proposal…
To Hannah’s disbelief, the Duke of Wycliffe actually agrees to her ridiculous proposal – under one condition. Their marriage, such as it is, will be in name only. But there are no guarantees when two lonely, vulnerable hearts are involved…and soon Hannah and Evan find themselves doing the one thing they promised they wouldn’t. Falling in love.
The standalone conclusion to the best-selling A Duchess for All Seasons Quartet! The Autumn Duchess is a novella of approximately 25k words.
- File Name:the-autumn-duchess-by-jillian-eaton.epub
- Original Title:The Autumn Duchess (A Duchess for All Seasons Book 4)
- Creator:Jillian Eaton
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B07GQDS5J6
- Date:2018-10-19T18:30:00+00:00
- File Size:223.530 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Prologue
- 2. Chapter One
- 3. Chapter Two
- 4. Chapter Three
- 5. Chapter Four
- 6. Chapter Five
- 7. Chapter Six
- 8. Chapter Seven
- 9. Chapter Eight
- 10. Chapter Nine
- 11. Chapter Ten
- 12. Chapter Eleven
- 13. Epilogue
- 14. A Note From the Author
- 15. A Dangerous Seduction
Jillian Eaton
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The Autumn Duchess, Book 4 of A Duchess for All Seasons collection, was about Miss Hannah Fairchild, the fourth daughter of Baron Fairchild, and His Grace Evan, the Duke of Wycliffe. Hannah's mother and three sisters enjoyed living beyond their means which, as often happened, caused great financial stress for Lord Fairchild. When that stress became more than he could bear and he was in great fear of being sent to debtor's prison, Lord Fairchild began to drink quite heavily. Hannah, being the only one of the four daughters to have a level head on her shoulders, knew that something drastic had to happen to save her family from financial ruin. While she would have been happy to marry anyone who wasn't titled, she knew that the only thing that would save the family would be for her to marry someone with a great deal of money...and that someone would more than likely need to be a duke. Evan, having survived from a horse-riding accident when he was an 8-year-old boy, had been left with a limp from having broken his right leg in several places as well as having been kicked on the right side of his face by the horse's shoe, leaving him with a scar that went from the top of his right ear to just below his chin. Evan had endured years of cruel comments and reactions from the people of the ton, even to the point that one particular young lady had made sport of him just to humiliate him in public, causing him to withdraw from society. Knowing she had to do something to save her family, Hannah had only one option left...to propose to the Duke of Wycliffe. Traveling all the way to his reclusive estate, Hannah proposed...and lo and behold he accepted. What neither of them expected was for the chemistry and passion to flare up and all but consume them. Of all the books in this series, this was by far the best of them all. It had heartache, betrayal, and cruelty. But it also had hope, love, tenderness, and strength of will. The two main characters were so well developed that they almost leaped off the pages and took corporeal form. The trials and triumphs they experienced were heart-wrenching. This book deserved a 5-star rating, and will definitely receive it. It will also get added to the Keeper for the Shelves collection, even though the others in the series did not. This one actually earned it.