The Viscountess’s Dangerous Domain: A Regency Marriage in Crisis and Estate Intrigue Romance (The Hartwell Covenant Trilogy Book 2)

Clara Whitcombe is now Lady Hartwell—but marriage has only raised the stakes.At Hartwell House, power is measured in keys, ledgers, and who speaks first in rooms full of witnesses. Clara means to be a real viscountess, not a decorative one. Marcus means to protect her, but under pressure his instincts still run toward silence, control, and decisions made too quickly in her name.As missing supplies, altered orders, tenant unrest, and carefully planted whispers turn domestic life into a battlefield, desire between husband and wife deepens into something far more dangerous: dependence. And when one public choice meant to shield Hartwell humiliates Clara instead, their marriage fractures just as the enemy grows bolder.Now they must share a title, a bed, and a war neither can win alone.A marriage of convenience has become real. Trust has become costly. And scandal has only begun to sharpen its teeth. Read more