She Beat the Duke at the Rose Show Three Years Running — The Fourth Year, He Asked for Her Hand

📚 My three novels + audiobooks — the longest story I've ever written: https://timelesslovebooks.com 🎧 Listen to every story on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AdKU4bOYk72dNKYlmZp0L Diana Westbury was only a surgeon's daughter from a small Devon town, with a stillroom that smelled of rosewater and her late mother's crimson rose growing on the garden wall. Then, one July at the village rose show, she beat the cold young Duke of Bramcote in front of the whole town — and told him, to his face, that his perfect rose smelled of nothing at all. He came back the next summer, and lost again. And the summer after that, by a single petal. Nobody understood why a duke kept climbing the hill to a tent full of farmers' wives, only to bow and walk away. Then, in the fourth year, a midnight knock at her door brought her to his great house, to the bedside of a silent little girl who could not breathe, and to a portrait that hung with its face turned to the wall. In front of all Chagford, the duke asked for her hand. But a proposal made before the whole town can hide a great deal — a deadline, a grieving aunt in Bath determined to take the child away, and a secret he had kept far longer than Diana could imagine. To save the little girl, she must risk the one thing she never meant to give him: her heart. A tender regency tale of a woman who would not be beaten, and the proud duke who would rather go on losing to her than win against anyone else. 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 Diana's story make you feel? #regencyromance #historicalromance #perioddrama #dukeromance #roseshow #marriageofconvenience #cleanromance #slowburnromance #regencyera #enemiestolovers #proudduke #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.