Wicked and the Wallflower
In this sensual romance set in 1837 London, a dashing rogue named Devil, benevolent crime lord and King of Covent Garden, meets his match in the daring Felicity Faircloth, marquis’s daughter, spinster, wallflower, lockpick. The silver-tongued Devil offers on-the-shelf Felicity her fondest wish—a return to the glittering center of high society—if she’ll be his pawn in a plot to wreak vengeance on the brother who drove him and his siblings into the streets. But curious, headstrong, determined Felicity longs for a marriage of passion, not convenience, and when she decides she wants to be part of Devil’s shadowy underworld, nothing will stand in her way. MacLean’s skillful handling of emotional tension and unraveling secrets keeps the plot at a rolling bubble, and she makes the city’s darkest corners as seductive as her scarred, valiant hero. The relationship between this well-matched, sharp-witted pair is a delicious dance to a satisfying, sigh-worthy conclusion, sure to leave readers eager for the rest of the Bareknuckle Bastards series and the fates of Devil’s siblings, Marwick, Whit, and Grace.
