A Scottish Rose for the Duke

Name: A Scottish Rose for the Duke
Author: Henrietta Harding

99 pages

Lady Isla Drummond has never belonged to drawing rooms or whispered expectations. Fierce, outspoken, and shaped by the wild land of her childhood, she finds herself forced into a marriage meant to silence scandal rather than honor her spirit. When fire devastates her ancestral home and old enemies rise from the ashes, Isla must ask herself whether her destiny is to accept her imposed fate or to claim something greater from it.

Edward Ravenscroft, Duke of Wexford, has spent years escaping the burdens of his title at sea, far from society’s demands. Bound by duty and haunted by guilt, he enters a marriage of convenience determined to keep his heart guarded and his emotions firmly in check. Yet, as the past closes in, can he be both the man his family demands and the man he wishes to become?

Thrown together by circumstance and tested by betrayal, grief, and mistrust, Isla and Edward stand at the crossroads of obligation and tender regard. In a land where old wounds run deep and loyalty is fiercely won, will they find the courage to overcome the forces set against them and discover a love strong enough to rebuild what has been lost?

Tropes: Forced Marriage, Marriage of convenience, Forced Proximity

“A Scottish Rose for the Duke” is a historical romance novel of approximately 70,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

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