This is a gem! This is the second book in Maya Rodale's
Wallflower Series, and for those who haven't read the
first
one, fear not, you are provided enough background to follow
without a hitch. It should come as no surprise that there
is a happy ending to the story, it's what we expect from
book one, but it's not the destination that's important, it
really is the voyage.
So, poor unfortunate Lady Olivia
Archer, "Prissy Missy", also known as "London's Least
Likely to Cause a Scandal". Her friend Emma found herself a
husband, and in the long history of Lady Penelope's
Finishing School for Young Ladies of Fine Families, Olivia
could be the only one left doomed to spinsterhood; things
look very bleak indeed.
One evening, she has a fortuitous
and pleasant encounter with a handsome man who, for once,
doesn't run away from her. Lady Olivia's parents are
desperate to marry her off to just about anyone who will
have her, and that someone happens to be the Mad Baron. His
reputation precedes him: according to the gossip of the
ton, he "allegedly" disposed of his first wife. Before she
even meets him, Olivia knows she cannot possibly marry him,
so with her friends' help, she thinks up ways to make
herself so unappealing he will call the wedding off.
However she is in for a shock when her mystery man and The
Mad Baron turn out to be the same and one person: Phinneas
Cole, Lord Radcliffe. Phinneas is indeed looking for a
suitable bride: a nice, quiet, well-mannered girl, which is
exactly what Olivia is. Phinneas is helping Emma's husband,
the Duke of Ashbrooke, to build a Difference Engine, a sort
of computer. The Mad Baron couldn't be that bad, or could
he? But Olivia is not taking any chances and this is where
the madness begins: if the Mad Baron wants a docile and
virtuous bride, then Olivia will show him she's not The
One.
Unfortunately her schemes backfire and spinsterhood
doesn't even look like an option anymore; her reputation is
forever ruined. What's a poor wallflower to do? I loved the
first instalment of the Wallflowers
In the second in Maya Rodale's delightful Wallflower series, London's Least Likely to Cause a Scandal is taking Society by storm . . . Being good has worked out very badly for Lady Olivia Archer. All she has to show for four seasons on the marriage mart is the nickname Prissy Missy. Her prospects are so bleak that her parents have betrothed her to a stranger with a dire reputation. If Phinneas Cole—aka The Mad Baron— wants a biddable bride, perhaps Olivia can frighten him off by breaking every ladylike rule. Phinn has admired Olivia's poise and refinement from afar . . . qualities that appear to have vanished now that they are officially engaged. This Olivia is flirtatious, provocative, and wickedly irresistible. She's not at all the woman he bargained for, yet she's the only one he wants. He's determined to woo her. She's determined to resist. But Olivia is discovering there's nothing so appealing as a fiancé who's mad, bad, and dangerously seductive . . .
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