[Maxwell Gideon] "was trouble in every possible sense!"
Lord of Vice (Rogues to Riches #6) by Erica Ridley
Hoyden high society Miss and accounting genius meets unrepentant arrogant gambling den owner. Of course the sparks will fly!
When Maxwell Gideon ("tall, dark, and sinfully handsome") sought funds to start his exclusive club (aka gambling den) he little knew he was being financed by Miss Bryony Grenville, daughter of the ton who much preferred to don her brother's castoffs and reckon financial and economic matters, than attend soirées and Almanacks.
Now is the time for Maxwell to buy out his silent partner, but that process was meeting dead ends. All Maxwell had to do was find out his partner's name. That was proving harder than he thought. To top it all off he finds a young woman, disguised as a boy in his club after hours. That's when things became decidedly strange, at least for Maxwell. Bryony's in seventh heaven!
And then there's the annual Grenville family musicales!
Did I mention that Bryony's parents have turned on the screws and are demanding she marries before the end of the season--even if they have to choose the groom.
Imagine how an independent spirit takes that!
I must say I was in awe at how Bryony was able to sneak away. Definitely not a normal ability for most regency young women. And just how did she keep getting away with it--without coming to harm?
A pleasing regency romp down murky alleyways and through both respectable and not so respectable doorways.
A NetGalley ARC
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Hoyden high society Miss and accounting genius meets unrepentant arrogant gambling den owner. Of course the sparks will fly!
When Maxwell Gideon ("tall, dark, and sinfully handsome") sought funds to start his exclusive club (aka gambling den) he little knew he was being financed by Miss Bryony Grenville, daughter of the ton who much preferred to don her brother's castoffs and reckon financial and economic matters, than attend soirées and Almanacks.
Now is the time for Maxwell to buy out his silent partner, but that process was meeting dead ends. All Maxwell had to do was find out his partner's name. That was proving harder than he thought. To top it all off he finds a young woman, disguised as a boy in his club after hours. That's when things became decidedly strange, at least for Maxwell. Bryony's in seventh heaven!
And then there's the annual Grenville family musicales!
Did I mention that Bryony's parents have turned on the screws and are demanding she marries before the end of the season--even if they have to choose the groom.
Imagine how an independent spirit takes that!
I must say I was in awe at how Bryony was able to sneak away. Definitely not a normal ability for most regency young women. And just how did she keep getting away with it--without coming to harm?
A pleasing regency romp down murky alleyways and through both respectable and not so respectable doorways.
A NetGalley ARC
****
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