I Tamed a goofy Duke

Eleanor's stepmother has made her a prisoner in her own home, and her father intends to seal a political alliance by marrying her off to Viscount Thorne. Thorne is over thirty, notorious, and crippled. The real danger, though, is what he does to women behind closed doors—something Eleanor knows she won’t survive. With nowhere else to turn, she bets everything on a desperate act at the High Park Spring Flower Show. When Duke Sebastian falls into the lake, she jumps in after him. She doesn't just save a man; she saves the Queen's beloved cousin, who has been childlike ever since a head injury sustained while protecting the monarch. The Queen grants them a royal marriage on the spot. It's Eleanor's only escape.

On her wedding night, Sebastian calls her "fairy sister" and rests his head on her shoulder like a child. He feeds her a macaron before taking any himself—a small gesture that undoes years of neglect. The household staff hints that the Queen expects an heir soon, and Eleanor is handed an illustrated book with instructions no one prepared her for. She feels a flush of guilt, as if she's coaxing a child. Then, three days into the marriage, Sebastian throws a fit about moving out of their bedroom. Eleanor teases him: "Only little kids wet the bed. How can a duke be like a little kid?" But days later, the tables turn. The clingy fool who clung to her side vanishes, replaced by the cold, sharp-featured Duke. He leans in, whispering her own words back at her: "Only little kids wet the bed. Duchess, how can you be like a little kid?" The goofy duke has a second face, and it is nothing like the first. Eleanor's tender new life now comes with a question she can't ignore—what else is Sebastian hiding, and how much of their marriage was really an accident?