“Where Did You Learn to Ride Like That?” the Duke Asked — She Smiled and Rode Off Without a Word

📚 My three novels + audiobooks — the longest story I've ever written: https://timelesslovebooks.com Achsah Normworth had spent five long years being looked straight through. A painter of miniatures, she sat in the corners of great houses with a brush no thicker than a single hair, and nobody ever looked at her while she worked. Then, on a windswept March lane on the Sussex Downs, a runaway black horse came thundering towards her — and she did something no respectable young woman should ever do. The Duke of Rosedale watched a stranger in a grey cloak gallop his unrideable horse over the hill and bring it back walking. "Where did you learn to ride like that?" he asked. She only smiled, and rode away without a word. The next morning he stood three yards from her easel, asking everyone who she was — never guessing that the answer was sitting in the same room. The truth lay seven years deep, behind a locked door in an empty racing yard, in a secret that could ruin her and everyone she loved. And as quiet dawn rides on the high down became something neither of them dared to name, the woman determined to marry the Duke herself began to watch from her window. By race day the whole county would gather on the down — and one question would finally demand an answer. A tender regency tale of a woman the world never noticed, and the duke who could not stop asking. Sit back, relax, and let this story carry you to the windswept downs 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 Achsah's story make you feel? #regencyromance #historicalromance #perioddrama #dukeromance #slowburnromance #cleanromance #regencyera #invisibleheroine #secretpast #horseriding #countryromance #forbiddenlove #historicalfiction #lovestory #romancestory #narratedstory #bedtimestory #truelove #regencyhistorical #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.