by Eloisa James
First published 2021
Lady Joan Wilde has always been the most scandalous of the Wilde children. Her golden hair marks her as proof of her mother's affair, and she seems to attract trouble wherever she goes. Now she has joined a theatre troupe with plans to perform the title role of a prince while dressed in breeches. She models her aristocratic male character on Thaddeus Erskine Shaw, Viscount Greywick, the very man who once rejected the idea of marrying her. Thaddeus has spent years avoiding Joan because she unsettles him like no other woman. When he discovers the dangerous position she has put herself in, he makes a desperate bargain with her. She can have one performance, but afterward she must return to Lindow Castle and marry one of three men he considers suitable. The viscount does not include himself among the acceptable candidates, though Joan stirs feelings in him he cannot ignore.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, historical-romance, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity
Setting: Lindow Castle
Period: 19th-century
384 pages · Kindle Edition · Avon