Love Is a Rogue
Wallflowers vs. Rogues
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- ¥880
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Once upon a time in Mayfair a group of wallflowers formed
a secret society with goals that had absolutely nothing to do with matrimony.
Their most troublesome obstacle? Rogues!
They call her Beastly Beatrice.
Wallflower Lady Beatrice Bentley longs to remain in the wilds of
Cornwall to complete her etymological dictionary. Too bad her brother’s Gothic
mansion is under renovation. How can she work with an annoyingly arrogant and
too-handsome rogue swinging a hammer nearby?
Rogue. Scoundrel. Call him anything you like as long as
you pay him.
Navy man Stamford Wright is leaving England soon and renovating
Thornhill House is just a job. It’s not about the duke’s bookish sister or her
fiery copper hair. Or the etymology lessons the prim-yet-alluring lady insists
on giving him. Or the forbidden things he'd love to teach her.
They say never mix business with pleasure. But when Beatrice and
Ford aren't arguing, they're kissing.
Sometimes temptation proves too strong to resist…even if the
cost is a heart.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bell (How the Duke Was Won) unites a bookish Lady looking forward to spinsterhood with a handsome carpenter in the sparkling launch of her Wallflowers vs. Rogues series. In 1830 Cornwall, Lady Beatrice Bentley struggles to complete work on an etymological dictionary at Thornhill House, her brother's mansion, but is distracted by the presence of Ford Wright, a dashing rogue working on renovations to the estate. After Beatrice returns to London and reluctantly follows her mother's command to attend the events of the season, she inherits a bookstore from an estranged aunt and determines to transform it into a haven for her companions in the Mayfair Ladies Knitting League. When Ford turns up in London hoping to consult with Beatrice's brother on business, Beatrice hires him to complete repairs on the shop. As the pair spend more time together, Ford's teasing of Beatrice turns into a genuine infatuation with her intelligence and caring, though he believes she will never return his affections because of their class disparity. But Beatrice blossoms through her friendship with Ford, learning to stand up to her mother, exert her independence, and go after what she wants. Witty, insightful dialogue and expertly developed characters fill the chapters of this page-turner. Gripping and emotionally charged, this romance promises more good things from the series to come.
