A Treacherous Bet to Win a Duchess by Hanna Hamilton

Even in her absence he saw her, sparkling like a diamond in the stars…

Born and raised in an orphanage, Miss Meredith Meyer has mixed feelings when the time comes to leave. Selected for the position of a governess, she is certain she will dread every minute of it. Until the moment she meets her dashing employer.

Anthony Ambrose, the Duke of Sherriden, never knew that trying to raise his sister on his own would be such a daunting task. Desperate to do right by her, he hires a governess. What he never accounted for was the way her warm presence quickly melted his icy exterior.

Until the residents of the manor start dropping like flies, victims to a mysterious illness. The glint of a blade is all Meredith sees before she succumbs to darkness. She’s falling into a deep sleep she might never wake up from, and Anthony must fight a monster created specifically for him.