When wealthy Jamaican plantation owner Harry Carstairs goes missing everyone wants to know where he is. Lady Celeste Rosington's fiancΓ©e, Raphael, wants to keep Harry alive and he pushes Celeste to charm Lord Peregrine for answers. This throws Celeste into the company of dangerous Lady Busselton who wants to keep Harry quiet. Celeste and Peregrine start to fall in love but will all the secrets be too much to overcome?
WICKED WAGER by Beverley Eikli is a charming romance with great characters and many intriguing secrets. Celeste is a sweet, innocent heroine who is innovative and resourceful. Readers will enjoy her spirit right from the beginning. Lord Peregrine is witty, delightful, and handsome; everything a romance hero should be. His character growth will make him relatable to readers. The intriguing secrets will have readers wondering who the real bad guy is, and the many different personalities will have readers guessing everyone's true motives.
There is more banter than romance between Celeste and Lord Peregrine but it is engaging and well written. The romance that does happen between the two does not disappoint and is steamy and tension filled. Eikli includes a bit of excitement and danger into WICKED WAGER, creating a story readers won't be able to put down.
A dissolute rake, a virtuous lady, a ruthless society beauty
and a missing plantation owner with secrets β just another
day in Georgian Englandβ¦
1780
Wealthy Jamaican plantation owner Harry Carstairs has
disappeared β and everyone wants to know where he isβ¦
Celeste Rosington knows her place in society, and while she
may not be overjoyed at her upcoming wedding to her detached
cousin Raphael, she nonetheless hopes the marriage will be
successful. When Raphael asks her for her help to save
Harry, she agrees. But her decision costs her more than she
knowsβ¦
Celesteβs clandestine visit to Harryβs home is witnessed,
and her connection to Harry misconstrued. Harryβs secrets
put Celeste into more danger than even Raphael understands,
and throws her into the path of the ruthless, cunning,
beautiful Lady Busselton and the dissolute, dangerous Lord
Peregrine.
Raphael is invested in keeping Harry alive. Lady Busselton
is invested in keeping him quiet. Lord Peregrine is invested
in anything that staves off boredom. And Celeste is becoming
increasingly invested in Lord Peregrine. After all, what
resistance does an innocent young woman have against
something so deliciously wicked?
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