“Will You Buy My Brother’s Medal?” She Asked — The Duke Took One Look at the Name and Froze

📚 My three novels + audiobooks — the longest story I've ever written: https://timelesslovebooks.com Nanette Chanley blended the finest tea in the county, and nobody ever asked what was in it. A paid companion in a grey gown, she stood behind the cups at the Christmas ball with one last hope wrapped in a handkerchief in her pocket: her dead brother's Waterloo medal. Unless it bought her little nephew's keep by Christmas Day, the boy would go to the workhouse. So she laid it on the tablecloth before the one man the whole room refused to look at, the Duke of Hartsholme, who was said to have left one of his own soldiers to die on the field. He turned the medal on its edge to read the name around the rim. And he froze. He knew that name. He knew her brother. He even knew there was a sister in the hills, and he would not tell her how. By morning she had lost her place, and the boy was gone up the hill. Then came an offer she never expected, a marriage made to mend a ruined name, and a promise to a dead soldier that her husband refused to break even for her. But a secret buried in a field in Belgium was waiting in the house next door. And on a winter night at a crowded table, someone would finally stand up and say what really happened. A tender regency tale of a woman no one looked at, the wounded duke who saw her at last, and the truth that only love could bring home. Sit back, relax, and let this story carry you to the candlelit ballrooms and great houses of old England. ▶ If you love slow-burn regency and historical romance and dramatic period stories, subscribe and turn on the bell so you never miss a new tale. 💬 Tell us in the comments: which city are you watching from, and how did Nanette's story make you feel? #regencyromance #historicalromance #perioddrama #dukeromance #woundedsoldier #christmasromance #cleanromance #slowburnromance #regencyera #marriageofconvenience #waterloo #historicalfiction #lovestory #romancestory #narratedstory #bedtimestory #truelove #regencyhistorical #broodinghero #oldengland Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. All characters, names, places, and events are entirely fictional and the product of creative storytelling. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or to actual events is purely coincidental. This story and its narration are produced with the assistance of AI tools for entertainment purposes only.