An Ungodly Attachment

A fallen monk. A forgotten widow. A title neither of them wanted.

Derrick Eastleigh was never meant to be a duke. He had successfully traded the debauchery of his youth for the silence of a Welsh monastery, content to pray away the past. But when an unexpected inheritance drags him to the salt-stung coast of Hampshire, he finds Great Uncle Harold's castle frozen in time-and occupied by a woman who becomes his greatest temptation and his only hope.

Eleanor has spent years protecting the Tresvant assets, surviving on wit and iron-clad resilience. When the new duke with a reputation as long as her arm appears, she expects a tyrant; instead, she finds a man haunted by his past and utterly unprepared for his future.

From the grit of the London docks to the gilded cages of Buckingham Palace and Marlborough House, Derrick and Eleanor must navigate a treacherous Season of political scandal and royal judgment. But as his ghosts threaten to resurface and his convictions are drowned out by those who have none, Derrick must decide if he can truly be reborn-or if the man he used to be will destroy the woman with whom he has forged an ungodly attachment.