The Dollar Princess and the Duke: Gilded Age Historical Romance

Allyson Jeleyne

Sep 2026 · From Manhattan to Mayfair Historical Romance: Gilded Age Heiresses & Aristocrats Book 2 · Fifty Forty Productions

About this ebook

New York heiress Annette Donovan knows exactly what she wants: a titled husband and a life far from the gossip-ridden drawing rooms of Manhattan. She sets her sights on the most eligible—and most desperate—bachelor in the British aristocracy.

Thomas, the Duke of Sandridge, has inherited generations of debt, an estate he can’t afford, and a proud family name he’s determined to protect. A wealthy American wife seems the only solution, but he’s been jilted before and doesn’t intend to be ensnared again.

Then Miss Donovan does the unthinkable: she proposes to him!

What begins as a marriage of convenience soon turns into a battle of wills and hearts. Can love flourish in a union born of necessity—or will pride and past wounds will tear them apart?

About the author

Allyson Jeleyne has been indie publishing historical romance since 2014. She writes tender (open-door!) love stories featuring adventurers, entrepreneurs, heiresses, peeresses, and survivors, each journeying through love and life in the Victorian era. Her novels explore what it means to belong while delivering deeply satisfying happily-ever-afters.

She earned an interdisciplinary studies degree in Creative Writing and Journalism while also studying British history & literature in her spare time. When not writing, she enjoys traveling and checking things off her bucket list.

She makes her home in the South Carolina lowcountry with her beloved dog, Dollie Madison (2005-2022).

All words are her own.