The Silent Duke's Heart

Name: The Silent Duke's Heart
Author: Julia Thorne

by Julia Thorne

Genre: Romance Historical

108 pages

“She has loved him in secret for six years.
He has always called her “little Wayworth.”

Lady Vanessa Wayworth has perfected the art of composure.
Four Seasons. Countless offers. Not one has touched her heart.

Because her heart has never been free.
Since she was sixteen, it has belonged to Martin Hale, Duke of Montehood, her brother’s closest friend. The man who teases her. Challenges her. Dances with her at every ball… yet never sees her as anything more than a child he once knew.

Or so she believes.
When a steady, sincere suitor begins courting her in earnest, Vanessa resolves to choose sense over longing. Lord Deane offers comfort. Stability. A future untouched by heartache.
But during a single waltz beneath glittering chandeliers, Martin murmurs words that unravel everything:

“I am not the man I ought to be.”

Suddenly, the distance between them feels dangerously thin.
The glances linger. The restraint fractures. The truth threatens to surface.
And hidden in a locked writing box are six years of unsent letters-confessions never meant to be read.
Now Vanessa must decide:

Will she choose the safe life she should want…
or risk her heart on the one man she has never stopped loving?

Because this Season, silence may cost her everything.

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