A Bride for the Beastly Duke

“Your daughter doesn’t need a beast for a father. This will be a marriage in name only.”

Duke Edward has inherited a title that was never meant to be his, a crumbling estate, and a scar that causes ladies to faint. But he won’t rest until he uncovers his brother’s murderer.
Lady Ava is ruined for life. And a fallen woman like her could never even dream of marriage. Let alone that a Duke would willingly take her and her daughter in.
Until he steps into her house and demands her hand and her hefty dowry. Only… Ava will not accept a marriage of convenience. Beast or not, she is determined to make her husband beg for her kiss…