The Duke Who Guarded Her Secret Ebook

A blackmailer knows her name, and the duke who loves her must protect her without taking away her choice.

Lady Phoebe Lacy's secret survived exposure once. Now an elegant threat sealed in dark wax names the very things she cannot bear to lose: her anonymous voice, her aunt's safety, and Sebastian Ashcroft's place beside her.

The Duke of Wetherby has promised never again to confuse protection with possession. Yet every new rumor, forged pamphlet, compromised courier, and whispered proposal tells him the unseen enemy is closing in. To save Phoebe, he must trust her judgment even when every instinct demands that he move first.

Their alliance stretches from candlelit studies and pressrooms to house parties, ballroom signals, and the dangerous streets of Bath. Letters become touch. Distance becomes performance. Love becomes the vulnerability their enemy understands best.

But when Sebastian makes one devastating choice without Phoebe's consent, he gives the blackmailer exactly the wound he needs. A suspenseful threatened-secret Regency romance with slow-burn passion, protective hero tension, hidden authorship, betrayal, coerced courtship, and an emotionally charged cliffhanger leading into Book Three.