Lucy and the Duke of Secrets: A Sweet Regency Romance : Sofi Laporte : 9783950519013 : 3950519017 : 23 May 2022 : A spirited young lady with a dream. A duke in disguise. A compromising situation. Lucy Bell burns with determination. Convinced an arrogant aristocrat is to blame for her expulsion from her beloved school, the penniless girl sets out to visit her best friend to help her undo the catastrophe. But when a storm on the road leaves her in a compromising position with a handsome gardener, she is swept away by his gruff kindness. Henry, Duke of Ashmore, lives and breathes duty. So, though he suspects he'll regret it, he grudgingly offers the chatterbox with the bouncy curls a seat in his coach. But despite her attracting disasters, he somehow finds himself sharing his long-buried emotions with the disarmingly unconventional woman. Shocked when her charming Henry is revealed to be the duke she thought she'd loathe, a floundering Lucy tries to gain his trust... but only manages