The Breaking Dawn of a Fallen Duke by Emma Linfield

“You are blood of my blood, bone of my bone, I give you my heart that we might be one…”

Lady Gabriella Griffith longs for a chance to be free.
When a bout of rebelliousness leaves her lost in a disreputable part of London and at the mercy of miscreants, her savior comes in the form of a handsome commoner. Raised in a brothel, life in the slums is everything Damian Turner has ever known. He never expected that rescuing a Marquess’ daughter would secure him a position as a stable hand. Or a broken heart. When Gabriella’s best friend announces her impending nuptials, Damian is asked to accompany her. And walk straight into a deadly trap.

With someone wishing Damian dead and Gabriella forbidden from seeing him, the key to their salvation lies in the portrait of a stranger from Damian’s past. A past he has been in the dark about all his life…