Title: THE WALLFLOWER WAGER
Author:
Tessa Dare
ISBN:
9780062672162
Price:
$7.99
On-Sale
Date: 8/13/19
They
call him the Duke of Ruin.
To
an undaunted wallflower, he's just the beast next door.
Wealthy
and ruthless, Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums
to the pinnacle of high society—and now he wants to get even.
Loyal
and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded
creature she wouldn’t take into her home and her heart.
When
her imposing—and attractive—new neighbor demands she clear out
the rescued animals, Penny sets him a challenge. She will
part with her precious charges, if he can
find them loving homes.
Done,
Gabriel says. How hard can it be to find homes for a few kittens?
And
a two-legged dog.
And
a foul-mouthed parrot.
And
a goat, an otter, a hedgehog . . .
Easier
said than done, for a cold-blooded bastard who wouldn’t know a
loving home from a workhouse. Soon he’s covered in cat hair,
knee-deep in adorable, and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster who
defies his every attempt to resist. Now she’s set her mind and
heart on saving him.
Not
if he ruins her first.
She
circled back, standing before him. “There now. Better?”
He
gave a reluctant nod.
“Can
you move your arm in all directions?”
He
rolled his shoulder to prove it. “Yes.”
“What
about your grip?
“My
grip is strong.”
“Perhaps
I should wrap the arm in a sling.”
“I
do not need a sling.”
“Wait
here. I’ll dash upstairs to fetch some linen and—”
“For
the love of God, woman. My shoulder is fine.” He took her by the
waist and lifted her straight off the floor, until they were eye to
eye. “There. Believe me now?”
She
nodded, wide-eyed.
“Good.”
In
his hands, she was delicate, breakable. Her hair was a golden
treasure he should never, ever touch. And oh, how he hungered for
those soft, pink lips.
The
familiar voice echoed in his ears.
Don’t
touch, boy. She’s not for the likes of you.
Put.
Her. Down.
But
before Gabe could lower those beribboned pink slippers to the floor,
she captured his sooty, sweaty face in her hands—
And
kissed him on the lips.
A
librarian by training and a booklover at heart, Tessa makes her home
in Southern California, where she lives with her husband, their two
children, and a trio of cosmic kitties.
