Before She Knew His Name

She meant to save a duke from a marriage trap. Instead, London found her in his arms.

Sabina Merton knows the danger of a closed drawing-room door. In her family, it usually means someone is deciding her future without consulting her. But when she discovers a scheme to force a powerful duke into marriage with her ambitious aunt, keeping silent becomes impossible.

One warning. One private conversation. Surely that is all it will take.

Bertram Fawley, Duke of Wetherby, has little patience for society's games. Accustomed to serving the Crown and keeping his own counsel, he has no intention of becoming anyone's convenient husband. Then a sharp-witted young woman interrupts his evening with an extraordinary accusation-and a roomful of witnesses arrives at precisely the wrong moment.

Sabina came to prevent a scandal. Now she stands at its centre.

With her reputation threatened and her family ready to blame her, she finds an unexpected defender in the formidable man she tried to protect. Bertram refuses to let others silence her. Yet standing beside him brings dangers she never anticipated: unsettling intimacy, fierce attraction and the growing temptation to trust a man whose life is guarded by duty.

As family ambitions collide with feelings neither intended to reveal, Sabina and Bertram must discover whether an accidental alliance can become a love strong enough to withstand London's judgement.

Before She Knew His Name is the second book in What Remained of That Night, a historical romance trilogy featuring loyal female friendships, intelligent wit, powerful dukes and women determined to claim their own futures.

For adult readers aged eighteen and over.