Book guide
Romancing the Duke
A penniless heroine inherits a castle—only to find a brooding duke already living in it.
GenresRomanceHistorical
Genre and trope pairingsRomanceForced proximityRomanceGrumpy x sunshineRomanceHurt/comfortHistoricalRetelling
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About Romancing the Duke
Isolde Goodnight grew up surrounded by fairy-tale stories, but adulthood has left her nearly destitute. Her unexpected inheritance of a castle should be a miracle, except the scarred and reclusive Duke of Rothbury is already there and has no intention of leaving.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Light
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Castles Ever After · Book 1 of 4
Content warnings
- Sexual content
- Death from childbirth recounted
- Blood and injury depiction
- Scars
- Sword violence
- Death of a mother recounted
- Ableism
- Past child neglect
- Past child abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Bullying
- Sexism
- Misogyny
- Death and grief
- Threat of forced institutionalisation
- food insecurity
- traumatic head injury
- coercive sexual language
