When Caroline Gets Cancelled

A Regency romance of scandal, pride, and unexpected devotion
Miss Caroline Ashworth has always been the darling of the ton — beautiful, charming, and an heiress destined for an enviable match. For years, society has assumed that the gentleman courting her would eventually offer for her… Instead, he elopes with another woman.

Overnight, Caroline becomes the subject of cruel gossip and clever jokes about the lady who can secure husbands… for everyone but herself. Invitations vanish. Friends fall silent. The same society that once adored her now treats her humiliation as entertainment. And that is when Julian Harcourt steps forward.

Julian has admired Caroline for years, quietly biding his time as she smiled at a man who never deserved her. Now that scandal has turned her into a laughingstock, he has no intention of standing by while the world dismisses her worth. Not when he has always seen her clearly.

But Caroline has no desire to be anyone’s consolation prize. Hurt, furious, and struggling to trust her own judgment, she cannot help wondering whether Julian’s devotion is truly love… or merely the opportunity he has been waiting for.