A Gilded Duchess

Evangeline “Birdie” Horst is everything society expects in a Dollar Princess—beautiful, wealthy, and determined to marry a duke. Her plans unravel when her family’s detour through the English Lake District brings her face-to-face with a mysterious groundskeeper unlike any gentleman she’s been taught to admire.

Ross barely survived the fire that destroyed Keswick Castle as a boy. Now the Duke of Rosthwaite, he’s spent a decade rebuilding his family’s estate—and himself. He lives and works among the gardens, opening the castle grounds to paying visitors each summer. When a sharp-tongued American heiress mistakes him for hired help, Ross says nothing. For once, he wants to be seen as the man, not the title.

But the deception can’t last. When Birdie discovers the man she’s fallen for is the very duke she came to England to find, everything she wanted is suddenly within reach—and everything she feels is thrown into question.

Because sometimes the title you’ve dreamed of isn’t the prize.

It’s the man waiting behind it.

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