No One Had Sat Beside the Duke for Six Years — Until a Little Girl Took the Empty Chair

The Duke Brought His Fiancée Home — and His Mother Curtsied to the Maid Everyone Ignored

'Go Sit With the Blind Widow,' They Told Her — the Duke Crossed the Whole Room to Join Them

Sent Away by Her Family for Being 'Too Clever' — the Duke Arrived With a Proposal and No Apology

'She Will Never Fit the Duchess's Gowns,' His Mother Sneered — He Had Every One Made New for Her

'No Bride Survives a Night With the Duke,' They Warned — She Fell Asleep on His Chest

The Duke Doubled the Settlement to Be Rid of Her — She Signed for Half and Named the Rest

Everyone Feared the Duke's Giant Wolfhound — It Followed the Quiet Maid Like a Shadow

The Duke's Fiancée Threw Wine in the Maid's Face — She Wiped It Away: 'You Will Remember This Day'

For a Dare They Sat the Poor Companion at the Duke's Chessboard — Then She Took His Queen

Three Winters in a Cottage With Half a Roof — the Duke Found Her Still Refusing to Beg

The Duke Paid Her to Keep Him Company for One Evening — By Midnight He Begged Her to Stay

They Asked the Spinster to Sing at the Royal Ball as a Joke — Her Voice Stopped the Duke Cold

The Duke Found a Stranger Swimming in His Private Lake — and What She Said Made Him Stay

'Nobody Is Coming for You,' Her Aunt Said Every Sunday — Then the Duke Knocked at the Door

The Widowed Duke Hid to Watch His Fiancée With His Twins — the Maid Did What She Would Not

The Foreign Envoy Insulted the Duke in His Own Tongue — the Maid Answered Before Anyone Could

He Refused to Dance With Her Three Seasons Running — the Fourth Season, She Refused Him

'I Hear You Need a Bride,' the Forgotten Sister Said — the Cold Duke Smirked: 'Perhaps I Do'

Out of Duty, the Duke Wed His Late Friend's Lonely Spinster Sister — By Winter He Was Lost

They Whipped Her for Feeding a Starving Kitten — Then the Visiting Duke Saw Her Hands

For Three Months She Wrote to a Soldier She Had Never Met — the Duke Had Kept Every Letter

They Sent the Plain Sister to Say Sorry for the Pretty One's Shame — She Came Home a Duke's Fiancée

The Widowed Duke Stopped for a Woman in the Rain — 'May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight?'

No House Would Keep the Spinster Governess — Until She Calmed the Duke's Impossible Heir

'Don't Cry, Sir — My Mama Will Save You,' the Girl Told the Duke Trapped Beneath His Carriage

'A Thousand Pounds to Anyone Who Can Read This,' the Duke Laughed — the Maid Read It Aloud

'If I Were Younger, I'd Ask You to Dance,' the Old Duke Teased — 'Who Says You Can't?' She Replied

She Was the Only Woman in London Who Did Not Want the Duke — and the Only One He Wanted

They Sent Her to the Ball Only to Be Refused by the Duke — He Asked Her for the Last Waltz

He Sent His Bride Away the Day After the Wedding — Then Crossed All of England to Beg Her Back

'Tell Him I'm Your Daughter!' the Little Girl Begged the Duke — Then He Saw Who Was Chasing Her

She Caught the Duke With Her Sister and Vanished — Years Later He Found Her Raising His Heir

She Sold Pies by the Road to Survive — Then the Duke's Little Daughter Took One Bite

'I Met a Wonderful Gentleman on the Ship, Papa' — Then the Dining Room Door Opened on the Duke

The Physicians Gave Up on the Duke's Only Son — the Herb Woman They Scorned Stayed All Night

The Duke's Chef Fell Ill Before the Great Dinner — 'I Can Cook,' Said the Girl Who Scrubbed Pots

He Left His Unwanted Bride in a Ruined Abbey — Years Later Every Tenant Answered Only to Her

'Marry My Brother Instead,' the Duke Said Coldly — She Agreed, and He Regretted It by Morning

The Duke Went White When She Walked Into the Room — She Had Never Met Him in Her Life

'Who Baked This Apple Tart?' the Duke Asked — Then He Met the Widow No One Had Ever Thanked

'I Have Four Children,' She Warned Him — the Duke Smiled: 'Good. This House Is Far Too Quiet'

'Still No Husband?' Her Former Betrothed Sneered — He Didn't Know She Had Married His Duke

'Take Off That Wedding Dress,' the Duke Said Coldly — 'This Marriage Is Only Revenge'

They Mocked Her for Being Unwed at Forty — Then the Most Desired Duke in London Asked for Her Hand

'You Are Here for an Heir and Nothing More,' the Duke Said — By Morning He Was the One in Tears

The Duke Dressed as a Footman to Meet His Bride in Secret — What She Said of Him Changed Everything

'Take Nothing of Mine,' the Duke Said — Unaware She Carried the One Thing He Could Never Replace

The Exhausted Midwife Climbed Into the Duke's Carriage by Mistake — 'I've Been Waiting for You'

Her Aunt Hid Her in the Kitchen While the Duke Chose a Bride — He Followed the Smell of Her Bread

The Duke Asked Thirty Women the Same Question — the Thirty-First Gave the Answer That Silenced Him

Every Lady Ignored the Duke's Deaf Sister — Until the Poor Companion Spoke to Her With Her Hands

Her Stepmother Sent Her to the Duke as a Cruel Joke — He Pulled Out a Chair Before He Said a Word

They Sent the Plain Sister to Apologise for Her Sister's Scandal — the Duke Married Her Instead

The New Maid Froze Before a Portrait in the Duke's Chamber — It Was Her Own Face as a Child

The Duke Came to End Their Marriage — and Froze When the Midwife Whispered, 'Seven Months'

The Widowed Duke Dreaded a Lonely Christmas — Then a Widow and Her Three Children Knocked

The Whole Ballroom Laughed When the Duke Bowed to the Kitchen Girl — No One Laughed by Midnight

Cast Out by Her Family as 'Barren' — the Widowed Duke With Five Children Asked Her to Stay

Three Sisters Were Paraded Before the Duke — He Chose the Quiet One Pouring the Tea