The Duke Asked Her to Help Him Find a Wife — She Smiled, “You’re Looking at Her, Your Grace”

The Duke Asked Her to Help Him Find a Wife — She Smiled, “You’re Looking at Her, Your Grace” England, 1824. Septimus Rendell, Duke of Fallowmere, has inherited a crumbling estate, dying orchards, twelve struggling tenant families and an orphaned niece who barely speaks. His godmother makes him a bargain: choose a wife before she leaves for Bath at Michaelmas, and she will pay to save Fallowmere. Desperate, the Duke turns to the one woman nobody notices: Hester Quayle, a quiet widow and companion who sees what is wrong with a tree before anyone else can. He asks her to help him find the perfect duchess. She agrees on one condition: every woman must see the real Fallowmere, its mud, its cottages and the people who depend on it. One by one, the candidates fail. A charming girl who sees tenants as scenery. A kind girl whose heart belongs to someone else. A dazzling beauty who will stoop to anything to win him. And as each name is crossed off the list, Hester begins to realise the one truth she has been hiding from herself... A heartwarming Regency romance about being overlooked, being seen, and finally choosing your own place. If you enjoyed this story, please like, comment and subscribe for more historical romance stories. Tell me in the comments: when did you first realise who the Duke truly loved? This story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real persons is coincidental. #RegencyRomance #HistoricalRomance #DukeStory #RomanceStory #RomanticStories #AudioStory #BedtimeStory #LoveStory #HistoricalFiction #FoundFamily