Wicked and the Wallflower The Bareknuckle Bastards Book I

Lady Felicity Faircloth wakes to find a stranger in her bedchamber. He offers to help her win a duke, and she accepts on one condition: she has seen enough of the world to believe in passion, and she will not marry without it.

The stranger is Devil, the bastard son of a duke and the king of London's dark streets. He has spent his life wielding power and seizing opportunity, and he has waited years for the revenge he now has in sight. A spinster wallflower is exactly the tool he needs. His plan is simple: turn her into an irresistible temptress, set the trap, and destroy his enemy.

Felicity proves to be nothing like the plain little mouse he expected. She quickly decides she would rather have Devil than the duke, and his careful scheme starts to fall apart. He must choose between the vengeance he has always wanted and the one thing he has ever truly desired.

This is a historical romance set in London's ballrooms and back streets, built on a bargain that turns personal. It is the first book in the Bareknuckle Bastards series. The tone is sensual and charged, with a rake and a wallflower trading power as the plot tightens.