What
a Wallflower Wants
Bad Boys &
Wallflowers # 3
By:
Maya Rodale
Releasing September 30th,
2014
Avon
Blurb
In the
third novel in Maya Rodale’s charming Wallflower series, London’s Least Likely to
Be Caught in a Compromising Position finds temptation in a devilishly handsome
stranger . . .
Miss
Prudence Merryweather Payton has a secret.
Everyone knows that she’s the only graduate from her finishing school to remain
unwed on her fourth season-but no one knows why. With her romantic illusions
shattered after being compromised against her will, Prudence accepts a proposal
even though her betrothed is not exactly a knight in shining armor. When he
cowardly pushes her out of their stagecoach to divert a highwayman, she vows
never to trust another man again.
John
Roark, Viscount Castleton, is nobody’s hero.
He’s a blue-eyed charmer with a mysterious past and ambitious plans for his
future-that do not include a wife. When he finds himself stranded at a country
inn with a captivating young woman, a delicate dance of seduction ensues. He
knows he should keep his distance. And he definitely shouldn’t start falling in
love with her.
When Prudence’s dark past comes back to haunt her, John must protect her-even
though he risks revealing his own secrets that could destroy his future.
Book Excerpt:
Ever
since her first season, Miss Prudence Merryweather Payton had known that she
would never marry. By her third season, she had made peace with the sad truth
that love and marriage were not in the cards for her. Which
was fine. FINE. Truly, she was not bothered in the
slightest at the prospect of a long, boring spinsterhood. Why, think of all the
needlepoint or charity work she might do. Or so she had thought. But that was
before the invitation had arrived. A delicately-worded missive, written in an
elegant script inviting her to the 100th anniversary of her finishing
school, Lady Penelope’s Finishing School For Young Ladies of Fine Families.
With that invitation came the mortifying and heartbreaking truth: no graduate
had ever taken more than four seasons to land a husband.
Except
for Prudence. Until recently, she not alone in her matrimonial failures—her
friends Emma and Olivia were also Wallflowers with hardly any suitors among
them. Prudence envisioned a future for the three of them, living happily in a
cottage by the sea. She had known this invitation, this ball, this moment would
come, but Prudence always thought she’d confront it with her very best friends
by her side. But then Emma landed a Duke and Olivia found love with the most
unlikely man. She was happy for her friends—truly. No one deserved love and
happiness more than Emma and Olivia.
Now
Prudence was on her own. The last wallflower.
My
review of this amazing book!
Amazing!
Brilliant! Daring and Brave!! Maya Rodale’s Wallflower series has been one of
my ultimate favorites since the first. She has created her own world with facts
and characters that you grow to love. If you loved her Writing Girls series you
will be thrilled to know they are mentioned in each of these as well. Maya
knows what her readers want and she never fails to deliver. Maya takes a daring
step with this new book touching on a subject that was not talked about in the
regency era and is still happening today.
Prudence our third wallflower had big dreams of grand
gestures and parlors full of suitors for her first season. She dreamed that her
first season would be for fun, dancing, flirting, and stealing a kiss or two.
What she didn’t count on was being compromised and having all her dreams
shattered. Prudence changed her dreams, made them into spending her life as a
spinster with her other two wallflower friends. Then they found the romance and
love she had wanted long ago. She was very happy for them but this forced her
to do things she didn’t want to… Prudence tries to elope with a man she knows
will not try to force his marital rights, what she didn’t count on was his
cowardice. After escaping being offered as the “sacrifice” for a highwayman,
walking miles in the sun and downpour she doesn’t think anything could get
worse.
John Roark, Viscount Castleton, has been on a winning
streak. All his dreams are so close he can taste them; nothing will stand in
his way, except maybe the rain that won’t stop. This is however not the only
reason that keeps him stranded at an inn in the middle of nowhere days from
London, where he needs to be as soon as possible. John tried to give the
soaking wet Prudence a ride but she had turned him down choosing to walk. He
should be able to forget her, but she was just too much like the wounded
animals he took care of as a child. The need for safety and protection, yet
fight and stubbornness was an odd combination. John found he liked those things
in a woman, but not just any women, he liked them in Prue. If only he could
convince her he could be trusted. He knew she was hiding things but then again
so was he; they both had secrets that could either bring them closer or push
them apart forever.
You will have to buy this book to find out more about
Prudence and her wild ride and see if John Roark, Viscount Castleton’s luck
will hold out.
About Maya Rodale:
Maya Rodale
began reading romance novels in college at her mother’s insistence and it
wasn’t long before she was writing her own. Maya is now the author of multiple
Regency historical romances. She lives in New York City with her darling dog
and a rogue of her own.
Author Social Links:
Website: www.mayarodale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mayarodale
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