The Duke Needed a Wife by Midnight to Keep His Title — The Girl Working at the Inn Said Yes

📚 My three novels + audiobooks — the longest story I've ever written: https://timelesslovebooks.com Morna Holmwell had spent four years carrying trays at the last inn on the north road, called girl and you there by guests who never learned her name. Then, on a snowbound Christmas Eve, she watched a duke's bride climb into the southbound mail and leave him sitting alone with a ring in his hand and a clock on the mantel he could not stop watching. The Duke of Wolverleigh had until midnight to marry, or lose the cold house at the head of a lake that his grandfather had let go dark, room by room. He had watched Morna run that crowded inn all evening, and he asked her to sit down. She said yes on two conditions. What followed was a race through the snow toward the Scottish border, and a hand held across the ice that he did not let go. But Greyhurst was not kind, and the will held one more clause he had not told her. A wife must still be under its roof on Twelfth Night. And as the twelve days ran out, a shut room gave up its secret, the duke rode away on an errand he would not explain, the snow closed the pass behind him, and someone in that house made Morna an offer she had wanted all her life. A tender regency tale of a girl nobody thanked, a lonely duke who saw everything she did, and a midnight bargain that became something neither of them had bargained for. 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 Morna's story make you feel? #regencyromance #historicalromance #perioddrama #dukeromance #marriageofconvenience #christmasromance #cleanromance #slowburnromance #regencyera #innkeeper #cinderellastory #brokenhero #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.