The Wallflower Makes a Dangerous Bargain. She's seen enough of the world to believe in passion, and won't accept a marriage without it. MacLean (The Day of the Duchess) intersperses hints of mystery and intrigue with plentiful humor, crafting a touching story filled with charming characters readers will be eager to meet again. When a mysterious stranger finds his way into her bedchamber and offers his help in landing a duke, Lady Felicity Faircloth agrees-on one condition. He offers to help set her up with the duke, but doesn't count on falling in love with her himself. He's obsessed with the complete and utter ruination of the newly surfaced Duke of Marwick and thinks that Felicity's desperate need for a husband might make her the perfect pawn for his game. During her escape from the harsh world of the ballroom, her singular skill with lock picks a response to all the doors that patriarchal society closes in women's faces lands her directly in the path of one of Covent Garden's most notorious criminals, a man known as Devil. Now she's consigned to spinster wallflower status by gossiping matrons and fickle friends, but her family's social and financial survival depends on her marrying well. When a mysterious stranger finds his way into her bedchamber and offers his help in landing a duke, Lady Felicity Faircloth agreeson one condition. Felicity Faircloth was once one of the crown jewels of society. Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean by Sarah MacLean Views 22.8K J1 ratings When Wicked Comes Calling. The devil is in the delightful details for MacLean's first Bareknuckle Bastards Regency romance.
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