The Phantom Duke’s Convenient Bride (The Untamed Nobles Book 5)

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Miss Evelyn Easton arrives at Caranwood Manor in the middle of a storm, soaked to the bone, desperate, and with nowhere left to go.

She is an orphan. Her fortune is disappearing. And her guardian intends to force her into marriage with a man she despises.

There is only one escape left.

The reclusive Duke of Caranwood.

Owen Caldwell has not appeared in society for five years. Scarred by a terrible fire and hidden behind a porcelain mask, he has long since abandoned the world, and any hope of marriage.

Until a stubborn young woman rides through a storm and appears on his doorstep with an outrageous proposal.

A single game of chess will decide everything.

If Evelyn loses, she will leave and never trouble him again.

If she wins . . .

The duke must marry her.

What begins as a desperate bargain soon becomes something far more dangerous. Because the longer Evelyn remains at Caranwood Castle, the more she begins to see the man behind the mask.

And the more impossible it becomes for Owen to remember why he ever believed himself unworthy of love.

But Evelyn’s past is not so easily escaped.

And when her ruthless guardian comes to claim what he believes belongs to him, Owen must decide whether to retreat once more into isolation, or fight for the woman who gambled everything on a single game.