Deceived & Honoured: The Baron's Vexing Wife (Book 6)
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💚“Well written, this book touched me in a way that I didn’t expect.” 💚“The characters become like friends. You feel their emotions as if they're your own.”Shaking his head, Derek inhaled deeply, feeling a slight throbbing behind his left temple. Unable to flee the room, he returned his attention to his friend, hoping that their conversation would prove enough of a distraction from his gloomy thoughts. However, all the while, his gaze swept the crowd before him, amazed at the lightness with which they seemed to exist. Beaming eyes and smiling faces flew past him in an endless sea of ornate masks, their colours giving this evening a more cheerful note.
And then he saw her.
Her raven-black hair swept up and piled on top of her head, here and there a curled tendril dancing down to touch her bare shoulders, she twirled past him in the arms of a gentleman he all but ignored. The golden glow of her gown shimmered in the soft candlelight of the vaulted room, matching the intense green of her dark eyes, almost hidden behind an ornately designed mask. Her full lips drew up into a smile as her eyes drifted from her partner the moment their steps drew them apart.
Derek sucked in a stuttering breath, shocked by the sudden inner turmoil that assaulted him. What on earth was going on?
Unable to avert his eyes, he watched her laugh and smile, exchange a few words here and there as she continued her rounds through the large ballroom, and he wondered what it was that drew him to her. Was it her beauty? She certainly was a vision, a sight to behold, almost without compare. And yet, Derek doubted that mere beauty would have touched his heart the way she had.
“I’d advise against her.”
Derek almost flinched at the sound of his friend’s voice. “What?” he croaked, then cleared his throat, reluctantly turning his gaze to Tristan.
Once more, an amused grin decorated his friend’s features. “That is Lady Madeline, daughter of the Earl of Carlton. She certainly is a vision,” he echoed Derek’s thoughts; “however, unfortunately, her expectations regarding her future husband are not easily met.”
Although he knew he ought not to ask for it would only encourage more teasing from his friend, Derek could not remain silent. “Expectations?” he asked, momentarily ignoring his long-standing decision not to marry…
…or at least not for years to come…
…or not to a woman considered a peer.
As expected, Tristan chuckled, his eyes aglow with delight as he watched Derek. “She’s already quite famous for refusing marriage proposals. As the daughter of an earl, she has vowed not to marry below her station, meaning anyone below the rank of an earl need not bother to ask for her hand.” Shaking his head, he laughed. “There are a number of bets held at White’s about whether or not she will marry at all, and if so, who will be the lucky…or maybe unlucky…sod.“
She had a list. He wasn’t on it. Until he was. Lady Madeline knows precisely what she wants: an earl, status, stability. Derek McKnight offers none of it. Raised a farmer’s son, now Baron Ainsworth by royal decree, Derek carries his title with integrity and grit—but not polish. One misstep, one chivalrous mistake, and suddenly they’re married. Neither planned it. Neither is pleased.
She thinks he’s beneath her. He thinks she’s unreachable. And somehow, they both begin to see the truth. Madeline wasn’t meant to fall for a man with dirt under his nails. Derek wasn’t supposed to want a woman who judges before she listens. But behind her pride is vulnerability. Behind his bluntness is a heart ready to be seen. And slowly, against their own expectations, the walls they’ve built begin to crack.
They thought they knew what love looked like. They were wrong—and wonderfully so. What begins as indignation softens into fascination, then into something far deeper. Because sometimes life doesn’t go according to plan—and that’s the very thing that saves you. In the unexpected, in the inconvenient, in the places you swore you’d never look… love waits patiently.
She wanted an earl. She married a baron. And her heart never stood a chance.
🏰 If you’ve ever thought you knew exactly what you wanted—and life proved you delightfully wrong… this story is yours.
Each love story in this series can be read as a stand-alone. However, most readers prefer to read them in order.
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