Iris, a Cinderella for the Earl of Selmore: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Ethereal Regency Ladies Book 8)

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Christian Fletcher, Earl of Selmore and duke in training to his father is pressured by his family to marry the beautiful but venomous heiress Lady June Cartaret, the Season’s Diamond. But she is a woman he can never love, and time is running out before he is forced into a lifetime of misery with her. Then, quite by chance, he literally bumps into a young lady in the street. One glance into her frank blue eyes has his heart singing and sets into motion a series of events that brings him both trouble and lasting happiness.

Iris Hartwell is a rich baron’s daughter without a dowry. With a cold father and bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters, she leads a miserable existence as their chattel, sewing lovely dresses for them that she never gets to wear. She dreams of making a happy marriage with her true love, but that’s all they can ever be . . . dreams. That is, until she goes shopping one day and collides with a handsome young man who, though she doesn’t know it, will transform her life from nightmare to fairy tale.

Iris vaguely remembers being part of a happy family, but everything changed for the worse when her mother died. Her cruel stepmother forced Iris into a situation where she is the servant in her house! Her hopes of marrying and escaping the household have faded. Only a miracle could save her . . .