Deflowered In The Duke's Library: A Steamy Forbidden Regency Virgin Romance

Leona Merritt has carried the burden of her family's debts in silence, her quiet nature masking the terror of being left with nothing. In the ducal library, Ivan Oliver's measured dominance offers both the salvation she needs and the intimacy she dreads most.

He keeps her in the narrow annex longer than the ledgers require, and she stays. The faint mark at the base of her throat draws his attention, and the controlled hunger in his eyes promises the possession that will claim her innocence in the very room where her fate is sealed.

The door is still ajar, footsteps fading down the corridor, yet neither pulls away from the threshold that could ruin them both.