MacLean (The Day of the Duchess) intersperses hints of mystery and intrigue with plentiful humor, crafting a touching story filled with charming characters readers will be eager to meet again. He offers to help set her up with the duke, but doesn't count on falling in love with her himself. She's seen enough of the world to believe in passion, and won't accept a marriage without it. When a mysterious stranger finds his way into her bedchamber and offers his help in landing a duke, Lady Felicity Faircloth agreeson one condition. He's obsessed with the complete and utter ruination of the newly surfaced Duke of Marwick and thinks that Felicity's desperate need for a husband might make her the perfect pawn for his game. WICKED AND THE WALLFLOWER by Sara MacLean Historical Romance Adult When Wicked Comes Calling. During her escape from the harsh world of the ballroom, her singular skill with lock picks a response to all the doors that patriarchal society closes in women's faces lands her directly in the path of one of Covent Garden's most notorious criminals, a man known as Devil. Now she's consigned to spinster wallflower status by gossiping matrons and fickle friends, but her family's social and financial survival depends on her marrying well. Her characters, the rhythm of her script, the dance that is conversation between the protagonists and the mad obsession called love that she portrays in the characters and creates within us. Felicity Faircloth was once one of the crown jewels of society. The Wicked and the Wallflower reminded me of all things that I loved about Sarah MacLean. The devil is in the delightful details for MacLean's first Bareknuckle Bastards Regency romance.
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