The Trouble with Dukes by Grace Burrowes

Neither really feels like they fit in until they meet each other. Institutionalized and maltreated by a questionable doctor, Rothmere is a recluse who struggles with his fears and the expectations of society. Rothmere suffers from epilepsy, or “the falling sickness,” and is very much judged for it. That is until she reconnects with Robert Rothmere. A woman who happily fades into the background with her plain dress and mundane demeanor, Constance holds some secrets close to her heart, never to be discussed with anyone else. Constance is a woman who likes to blend in. The Truth About Dukes is the story of two outcasts who find love under the harsh scrutiny and judgment of society. LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository She longs to be his demure duchess…but little does he know that to marry her would be utter madness. Her path crossed Robert’s years ago, though, and she’s never forgotten the extraordinary lengths he traveled to keep her safe when she hadn’t a friend in the world. She never speaks out of turn (in public), never has a daring thought (that she admits aloud), and never comes close to courting scandal… as far as anybody knows.

Lady Constance Wentworth has cultivated a reputation for utter forgettability. If Robert is to foil their schemes, he needs to marry a perfectly proper, blessedly boring, deadly dull duchess, immediately-and he knows exactly which quietly delightful lady he’d love to entrust with that role. To get their hands on his wealth, they’ll try to send him right back to his worst nightmares. Sooner or later, his enemies will learn that he spent years locked away at a private asylum. For her, he’ll become the warrior once more, and for her, he might just lose his heart.Synopsis: Robert Rothmere is hiding a past no duke should have endured, but he’s not hiding it well enough. Megan isn’t the least bit intimidated by his dark reputation, but Hamish senses that she’s fighting battles of her own. To make his sisters happy, he’ll take on any challenge – even letting their friend Miss Windham teach him to waltz. No one was fiercer at war than Hamish McHugh, though now the soldier faces a whole new battlefield: a London Season. But Megan Windham sees in Hamish something different, some one different. They say he should never be trusted alone with a woman. The gossips whisper that the new Duke of Murdoch is a brute, a murderer, and even worse – a Scot. ‘Smart, sexy, and oh-so romantic’ Mary Balogh

The Trouble with Dukes by Grace Burrowes