Ignored & Treasured

Forget glass slippers; this Cinderella wears reading glasses.

Lady Helen, the bookish elder daughter of the Earl of Hargreaves, has always been overshadowed—until a chance encounter at a ball spins her into a romance that feels ripped from the pages of a fairy tale. Fleeing the clamor of the ballroom for the quiet of a secluded corner, she locks eyes with a stranger, and in that instant, their souls whisper secrets only kindred spirits can share.

She found her prince in the duke hiding from the crowd.

Alexander Astor, the Duke of Kensington, attends society balls with unmatched reluctance, driven only by his mother's unyielding command to find a bride. Yet, one fateful evening, a young lady with a captivating smile and eyes alight with intelligence stumbles upon his retreat, stirring his heart from its long dormancy.

For the bookish and the bashful, love finds a way.

Caught in a whirlwind of emotion and a heartbreaking misunderstanding, can a bookish lady and a reticent duke find the courage to write their own happily ever after?

Sometimes the best romances are the ones that start with a simple "hello" in the shadows.