Lady, You're Mine — Cerise Deland

She'd spent so many years acting like a proper lady, she'd forgotten how to be a woman.He's determined to help her remember.Lady William Downs revels in her reputation as a Society dragon, a Diamond (still!) at her age, too-and a widow of independent means.Colonel Lord Magnus Augustus Welles is home from the savagery of the wars. Heir to his ailing father the Duke of Ruscombe, Magnus wants a wife-and he knows just who that will be. But the lady doth protest too much.To woo her is easy.To win her he'll persuade her with the best gifts of all-a new phaeton, horses-and, yes, himself. In all the racy ways she's never enjoyed!(Note: This story was first published as part of the Anthology set titled Get Your Duke On in August 2022.