A Duchess for Thorneshire Manor (Scandals and Second Chances Book 2)

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Miss Clarissa Wyndham once lived a comfortable life before fate plunged her family name into ruinous debt. Now a duke’s reluctant bride, she abandons tarnished dreams to navigate the secrets enshrouding Thorneshire Estate and its brooding master. Behind the Beastly Duke of Thorneshire’s volatile temper and imposing armor, Clarissa glimpses flickers of past demons. As she strives to warm the widowed Duke’s closely-guarded heart, disturbing events threaten to smother their fragile marriage bonds. Yet even as distrust divides them, a greater sinister conspiracy secretly surrounds them both.

Calum Hawthorne, the Duke of Thorneshire, endured relentless scorn ever since his darling Violet perished mysteriously on their wedding night five long years ago. Though dubbed natural causes, whispers blamed the Duke’s ill temper in the tragedy that transformed him into a surly recluse. Convinced by his aunt to remarry, Calum brokers an arranged marriage with Miss Clarissa Wyndham. As Calum battles with old grief, an undeniable connection kindles between the unlikely newlyweds. Will ruthless forces crush this delicate trust once more? Can Clarissa’s steadfast caring heal her husband’s beastly heart?

For even as love cautiously blossoms, a deadly plot steeped in past sins conspires to bring Clarissa’s undoing unless Calum can confront long-buried secrets that shattered his world years before . . . and realize that a heart once winter’s hostage can be rescued by redemptive love when fate grants second chances.