The Duke and the Archive of Longing

An ice-cold duke. A outspoken wallflower. And a contract that could bring their world crashing down.

London, 1826: Alaric Saint-James, the ninth Duke of Ashworth, is known as the "Ice Duke" — distant, flawless, and always in perfect control of himself. Behind his impeccable façade, he guards an archive full of family secrets that must never come to light. But when a blackmailer threatens his existence, only one way out remains: a fake marriage.