The Duke's Runaway Bride

From shopkeeper... To duke's wife When Beatrix, Duchess of Howden, writes to her estranged husband offering a divorce, she's stunned when he arrives on her doorstep with a different proposition: a six-week marriage trial! Quinton Roxbury seems cold and inscrutable, but Beatrix gradually realizes his rough exterior hides a heavy burden. As their connection deepens, dare she trust him with her own scandalous past and risk the marriage she never knew she wanted? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. Regency Belles of Bath Book 1: An Unconventional Countess Book 2: Unexpectedly Wed to the Officer Book 3: The Duke's Runaway Bride

Jenni Fletcher writes Historical Romance, YA and F1 sports romances. She has been nominated for 6 Romantic Novel Awards and has won the Shorter Romantic Fiction award twice, in 2020 and 2024. She grew up in Scotland and Somerset, has a PhD on some deeply unromantic aspects of early twentieth century fiction, and now lives in the north of England with her family and one extremely hairy dog. She also teaches creative writing at Lincoln Bishop University.