Duke of Rath: A Sunshine Botanist and a Scarred Hero Regency Romance (Seven Dukes of Sin Book 1)

Twelve years ago, Dorian Perrin stopped believing he deserved to be happy.Patience Rose is the first woman to make him wonder if he is wrong.The Duke of Rath punishes his body every morning. He sleeps alone in a fortress of a house with sealed rooms and abandoned gardens. He keeps his right hand gloved at all times, hiding scars no one has seen in twelve years. And he carries a secret so devastating that he is certain it will destroy the only good thing he has ever known the moment it is revealed.When her family faces ruin, Patience Rose accepts the duke's shocking proposal of marriage — a marriage meant to be his penance, never his salvation.But Patience has spent her whole life finding beauty in broken things. Neglected gardens. Dying roses. Wounded creatures the world has given up on.She does not flinch from his rage.She does not run from his moods.She does not fear the darkness inside him.She just stays.She tends his sealed gardens. She fills his silent rooms with light. She slips past every wall he has built — not by fighting them, but by refusing to leave. And one by one, the parts of Dorian Perrin he believed long dead begin to wake.He has one year before her family's estate is secured and she is free to leave him.He has one year to convince himself she would be better off without him.He has one year to bury the truth.She has one year to save him from himself.A deeply emotional Regency romance for readers who love tortured heroes, grumpy/sunshine, Beauty and the Beast vibes, marriage of convenience, and the breathtaking moment when a broken man finally lets himself be loved.--Welcome to the Seven Dukes of Sin. 7 Dukes. 7 Sins. 1 Scandalous Series.(Steamy, open-door Regency romance. standalone HEAs guaranteed.) Read more