Freezing at the workhouse gates, she expected nothing. The Duke needed a wife by midnight. Desperate.
Ivy Brennan knelt on frozen cobblestones outside St. Mary's Workhouse, refused entry and marked as a thief by a false accusation. She had hours to live. Nicholas Hargrave, Duke of Westmere, had hours to marry or lose everything—his title, his estate, and five hundred tenant families who would be evicted and destroyed. His desperate proposal in the darkness wasn't romance. It was survival for them both.What begins as a marriage of pure necessity becomes something neither expected. She's a woman society dismissed. He's a Duke carrying the weight of hundreds of lives. Between them lies a six-month arrangement, a scandal that threatens to destroy them both, and a truth that will force each of them to decide what they're really fighting for.📊 *STORY INTENSITY:*Heat Level: 🔥🔥 (Warm Tension)Angst Level: 💔💔💔 (Emotional Rollercoaster)Conflict: ⚔️⚔️⚔️ (Intense)Ending: 🌟🌟🌟 (Guaranteed HEA)*YOU'LL FIND:* ⏰ Marriage of Convenience | 🥶 Desperate Circumstances | 👑 Duke Romance | 💔 False Accusations | 🎭 Society Scandal | 💪 Underdog Triumph | 📚 Slow Burn Love | ✨ Redemption Arc
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