His Very Reluctant Duchess
A Historical Regency Romance NovelBy Constance Hollingsworth
Length10h 20m
About this audiobook
Dorothea Penhale runs a bookshop in York, keeps her own ledgers and has no interest whatsoever in becoming a duchess. The Duke of Whitehaven, on the other hand, has advertised for a plain, unremarkable bride, and takes her refusal as a personal challenge. He returns with a carriage. She sends him away. He returns with a house in London. She sends him away. He returns with a library of her own, and she finally counter-offers: she will marry him if she keeps the shop, the books, her name on the sign, and the last word. He agrees before she finishes the sentence. What follows is a courtship conducted entirely through argument, a dowager duchess with a long memory, and one inconvenient family secret on each side. A sparkling, big-hearted Regency romance about a woman who will not be quietly absorbed, and the duke who is delighted to find he cannot manage her.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Historical Fiction
Length10 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
13Eleven
2Prologue
14Twelve
3One
15Thirteen
4Two
16Fourteen
5Three
17Fifteen
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6Four
18Sixteen
7Five
19Seventeen
8Six
20Eighteen
9Seven
21Nineteen
10Eight
22Twenty
11Nine
23Epilogue
12Ten
24About the author
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