A gentleman is more than his title

Major Benedict Duncan is the second son of an earl, well-connected, rich, good-looking and with a promising career in His Majesty's Lifeguards. He lost his heart to Lady Arabella Mason a long time ago, but he'll never win her. His best friend, the Duke of Brackenshire, is courting her and their betrothal announcement is imminent. Bella is not for him and Ben tells himself he should forget her.

Besides, her father, Lord Watcombe the baron, will never let her marry a man without a title and Ben doesn't have one, but when Dan marries another bride after a whirlwind courtship, the surprise event leads Ben to hope again, IF he can prove to her and her father that a man is more than his title.

Lady Arabella Mason must choose between two suitors, the man with a title that her father wants her to marry, or the man she loves without one. Bella wants a grander title too, and she can pick an easy life, please her father and become a viscountess, or cause uproar in the family by marrying Ben, a man her father doesn't approve of.

Bella must ask herself what she wants before she loses him, higher status through an empty marriage to a domineering husband or to follow her heart?

Tropes:

✓ HEA

✓ Regency Romance

✓ M/F

✓ His & Her POV

✓ Love Rival

✓ Clean & Wholesome

✓ Romantic

✓ Regency

✓ Aristocrats

✓ Historical

✓ Standalone in Series

If you like dukes, earls and marquesses with kind hearts hidden in their gruff exteriors and rakish ways who fall for brave heroines, you'll love the story of Ben & Lady Arabella.