There is only so much a short and plump spinster like Lily Fitherinton can hope for her future. But for a daughter of a merchant with no great beauty love was never an option. Which is fine by her - She has four younger siblings to feed after all! There is only so much Drusus, the twelfth Duke of Ashworth wants from a female, to be precise a female body is all he desires. The ton has named him the Broken Duke, and he knows his frozen heart does not know love or want it. But when fates throw these two unlikely souls together, unexpected and magical things could happen. If only the two are willing to risk it all...