The Duke's Challenge — Fenella Miller

The Duke's Challenge
Regency Romantic Adventure

Published by Robert Hale as Lord Thurston's Challenge in 2006

Charlotte Carstairs has no choice but to seek out her estranged grandfather, the Duke of Lenster, and ask for his help. Without it she and her siblings will be destitute.
Major Jack Griffin, a disfigured and dissolute Napoleonic war veteran, now holds the title and is determined not to allow Charlotte and her family to remain at Thurston. He offers her an impossible challenge. Charlotte and the children can remain if she can improve the dilapidated house and poor estate within two months. She has no choice but to accept.
Despite his many faults Charlotte is drawn to Jack. As their love grows there are sinister forces working to ruin their plans. Can they unmask the murderous plotters before they lose everything?