The Duke’s Unexpected Christmas Baby

Name: The Duke’s Unexpected Christmas Baby
Author: Belle Lovatt

119 pages

He had lived in darkness all his life, until she became the only light he craved… and the one temptation he could never afford.

Six Christmases ago, Lady Marina got married to a lecherous old viscount. For precisely one minute, before the groom dropped dead at the altar.
Ever since, the ton has called her the Christmas Witch, convinced she brings death to men foolish enough to desire her.
Now Marina lives in seclusion in the country, studying medicinal herbs, while harboring one heartbreaking wish: to become a mother.
A dream she fears she will never fulfill.
For who could ever love a witch?
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Duke Ambrose was born with a rare condition: he cannot face sunlight.
Venturing out only after sunset and keeping his remote castle shrouded in darkness, he has earned a fearsome reputation as the Beast of Griffin.
But everything changes this Christmas when his orphaned niece becomes his responsibility. He needs a duchess, and he knows just the woman for the job…
Ambrose offers Marina a marriage of convenience and the one thing her heart desires: a baby to love and raise as her own.
She agrees on three conditions:
1. They will never share a bed.
2. Sunlight must always stream through her windows.
3. He will let her use her knowledge of herbs to ease his symptoms.
But as Marina draws him out of the darkness, Ambrose discovers the one thing more dangerous than sunlight: the forbidden desire she awakens in him.
And after one passionate kiss, he must convince himself not to hope for anything more.
For who could ever love a beast?

*If you like a realistic yet steamy depiction of the Regency and Victorian era, then The Duke’s Unexpected Christmas Baby is the novel for you.

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