To Protect and to Cherish

by Becky Riker

  “A duke falling in love with a tailor’s assistant?” she shook her head. “I think not. It was his kindness that led him to assist me that day, his curiosity that drove him to find me at my uncle’s, and his honor that compelled him to marry me.”

  “And at what point did he fall in love?”

  Jillian shrugged, “I have no answer to that, but I am grateful that he did because I do love him, Amy – so very much.”

  Amy smiled at her friend’s answer, but she hadn’t needed to hear it. That the duke and duchess were in love with each other was evident to all who could see.