The Destined Duchess — Janelle Daniels

Dukes make the best heroes.

Fiercely protective?
Powerful?
Hunky?

Check.

After a lifetime of scraping by, Rory's afraid to leave everything she's worked for behind and travel to the past to meet her soulmate. But she risks it, knowing happiness is possible -- with help from a gorgeous, purple-haired matchmaker.

When she agrees to attend a house party under false pretenses, she realizes the man she wants is the only one she can't have.

He's tired of games.

Alaric needs to marry. As the Duke of Newbury, it's a duty he's been dreading -- until he finds the girl of his dreams. But not everything is as it appears.

When he learns the truth of who she really is, will he still want her -- or will she return to the future heartbroken and alone?