Forgotten & Remembered: The Duke's Late Wife (Love's Second Chance, #1) by Bree Wolf

Sometimes we are thrown into circumstances beyond our control. For Rosabel, this is true. She has lost her mother, then her father. She lives with an uncle that doesn't want her there and gives her to the first man who asks for her hand. Good thing it turned out to be a duke, although this Duke cannot get over the loss of his wife and doesn't want to raise another man's daughter. Rosabel doesn't know if she will ever have a wifely relationship with the duke, but seeing that Georgiana needs a mother. She takes this duty to heart. This book deals with a lot of grief issues, abandonment issues and how we treat those who have been given unto our care. Rosabel rises above her situation and tries to balance her mothering and household duties, plus trying to have at least a civil relationship with a withdrawn and sullen husband. This book is well written and the emotions of the characters were thought out carefully. Well worth reading!