The Duke's Deception — A Royal Romance Thriller Novel

**American art historian Emma Whitfield doesn't blink at forgery. She's never had a reason to blink at a duke — until Alexander Ashcombe.**

When the Duke of Ashcombe suspects his family's centuries-old art collection has been quietly replaced with forgeries, he needs an outside expert with no ties to his estate, his family, or the secrets they've spent generations protecting. Emma Whitfield is the best authenticator in her field — sharp, unflinching, and utterly unprepared for the pull between her and the guarded, magnetic duke she's been hired to help.

As Emma's investigation uncovers a conspiracy reaching into Alex's own family — orchestrated by his resentful cousin and a corrupt art dealer with a fortune to make — the danger stops being theoretical. Anonymous threats. A break-in. A kidnapping that forces Alex to choose between the legacy he was born to protect and the woman he's fallen for.

**The Duke's Deception** is a full-length dual-POV aristocrat romance thriller about trust, betrayal, family loyalty, and love that survives being built on the most dangerous kind of truth-telling. Set against the grandeur and secrets of an English country estate.

✔️ 45 chapters | Dual POV (hero & heroine)

✔️ Clean romance, suspense-focused (no explicit content)