Duke of Thorns

She married a "e;Beast"e; to save a secret. She didn't expect to lose her heart to the man behind the mask.Rosamund Vane is the "e;useful"e; daughter—the invisible wallflower who fixes her family's disasters while standing firmly in the shadows. But when her sister's scandalous secret threatens to ruin the Vane name, Rosamund strikes a desperate bargain with the most feared man in London.Benedict Thorne, the Duke of Keswick, is a man of scars and silence. Returned from the war with a shattered leg and a face the Ton calls monstrous, he has retreated to a crumbling fortress on the Cornish coast. He needs a wife to claim a massive inheritance. He doesn't need love, and he certainly doesn't need a meddling wallflower rearranging his life.The Deal: One year of marriage. No feelings. No intimacy. Just a business transaction to unlock a fortune and bury a scandal.