The Duke's Groom
Allyn Imbrie
When a scandalous attachment threatens both their futures, they must choose between a life of safety and a love that could cost them everything.
Julian, Duke of Wrentham, has spent his life doing what is expected—smiling for the ton, minding his title, and swallowing his desire. When his cousin tightens a noose of debts and blackmail around his neck, Julian’s only hope of survival is to marry advantageously, tame his reputation, and sacrifice the one man he cannot bear to lose.
Sam Holt has worked his way up from stable boy to the duke’s trusted head groom. Horses make sense; people rarely do. But he knows what he and Julian share in the shadows is more than a lapse in judgment. When whispers in the yard turn vicious, and Julian publicly casts him off to save face, Sam does the only dignified thing he prepares to leave Wrentham for good.
Until Julian follows him to the station and, in front of half the county, asks him to stay.
With Lionel’s schemes closing in and an unwanted engagement looming, Julian makes an unthinkable he will dismantle the life that controls him—neutralize his cousin’s threats, free his would‑be bride, and walk away from the great house that owns his name. In its place, he offers Sam something neither man has ever been allowed to a small estate by the sea, shared work, and a partnership built in daylight instead of shadows.
But building a future together means confronting the harm between them as honestly as the dangers outside. Power must be renegotiated, trust painstakingly rebuilt, and desire allowed to exist without the mask of service and command. The world will never see them as equals. Inside their chosen home, they are determined to live as if they are.
THE DUKE’S GROOM is a slow‑burn, high‑heat historical m/m romance
a morally bruised duke learning to choose himselfa steady, sharp‑eyed groom who refuses to be disposableblackmail, broken engagements, and one very public refusal of the noosefoaling stalls, coastal storms, and a hard‑won happily ever after.Perfect for readers of historical romances who like their bodice rippers queer, emotionally grounded, and packed with horses, heat, and hope.
The Duke’s Groom launches Steadfast Hearts, a series of tender, slow‑burn historical m/m romances where duty and desire collide—and every couple still finds their way to a steadfast happily‑ever‑after.
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