First published 2021
Lady Sesily Talbot has turned her reputation as London's most notorious scandal into perfect cover. While society thinks she lures gentlemen into dark gardens for romantic trysts, she conducts entirely different business in the shadows of Mayfair ballrooms. Only one man sees through her charade: Caleb Calhoun, her brother's best friend who has spent years fighting his attraction to the brilliant, infuriating woman. When Caleb discovers Sesily's dangerous nighttime activities, he decides someone must protect her from the risks she takes. Close proximity might finally cure him of his obsession with this impossible woman. Instead, Caleb finds himself falling deeper. Sesily transforms from a woman he needs to forget into someone he cannot imagine living without. But Caleb believes forever lies beyond his reach, even as Sesily proves she belongs permanently in his heart.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction, 21st-century, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-love, protector
Setting: London, Mayfair
Period: 19th-Century
384 pages · ebook · Avon