The Duke's Year of Temptation (The Season of Forbidden Desire, #1)

A no-kiss rule. A one-year heir. A marriage bound to break them both.

What happens when a desperate bargain places a scandalous bride in the hands of a scarred duke?

Lady Evangeline Everly agrees to a marriage of convenience with the feared Duke of Blackwood—cold, controlled, and bound by a ruthless condition: an heir within one year, and no affection… especially no kissing.

Anthony Hawthorne doesn’t believe in love. Only duty. Only control. Until his new wife turns his disciplined world into something far more dangerous than scandal—temptation.

Behind the walls of Blackwood Hall, restraint becomes obsession, and every forbidden glance burns hotter than the last touch they promised to deny.

Now they must survive a year of marriage without breaking their own rules… or surrender to a desire that could ruin them both.