Can ten kisses heal a wounded heart?

Jonas Langford, Duke of Ramsdale, knows he is a beast and no one can possibly love him. He was the ton’s most eligible and desired bachelor before the Napoleonic War left him horribly scarred and had him retreating to Langford Hall in the quiet Yorkshire village of Broadmoor to live out his life in solitude. That is, until one Miss Ailis Temple, the beautiful spinster he thinks of as Miss Temple of Virtue, tumbles off her horse in front of his home and dislocates her shoulder. What else is a duke to do with a snowstorm approaching but take her in and tend to her wounds? She came to him seeking charity contributions for the local vicarage, however he strikes a bargain with her. She is to give him ten kisses, a hundred pounds a kiss, he says, never believing she will accept his terms. But she does, and Jonas realizes his life may never be the same again. Although Ailis is the one with the injured shoulder, is it possible he is the one who will be healed by her love?

Ten kisses, this is the bargain Ailis Temple, a beautiful spinster who has never dipped a toe out of line, strikes with the dangerously daunting Duke of Ramsdale in exchange for his charity donation. Dear heaven, what has she done? The duke is big and muscled, built like a warrior, and never smiles. But he has the sinful look of a man who knows how to kiss, and she, having never been kissed, is not about to pass up the opportunity. However, neither of them expected her to fall off her horse and be injured in front of his home, nor did they plan on the impending snowstorm to trap her with him for days. Will their ten kisses lead to her ruin? Or open their hearts to love?

The Silver Dukes is a charming Regency historical romance series where you’ll find heroes with a dash of silver in their hair and heroines who are spinsters believed to be firmly on the shelf.

Tropes/Story Hooks:

✔ Grumpy, scarred hero

✔ Beauty and the Beast

✔ Snowed-in / forced proximity

✔ Bargain turned romance

✔ Spinster heroine

✔ Virgin heroine

✔ Emotional healing through love

✔ Regency small village setting

The Silver Dukes

Book 1 - Cherish and the Duke

Book 2 - Moonlight and the Duke

Book 3 - Two Nights with the Duke

Book 4 - Snowfall and the Duke

Book 5 - Starlight and the Duke

Book 6 - Crash Landing on the Duke