Lady Hathaway's House Party

Oliver, Duke of Avondale, courted and married Belle when she was 18 and fresh from the country. However, after the wedding he expected her to act like a Duchess when she was ill prepared. She thought he would continue to treat her as he had during the courtship. By the end of a month they were barely speaking. She goes to visit her father and doesn’t return, then asks for a legal separation. A year later they both get invited to the same house party and over the course of the visit they finally communicate. This was a very simply plotted Regency romance.