What a Wallflower Wants
By: Maya Rodale
Bad Boys & Wallflowers # 3
Releasing September 30th, 2014
Publisher: 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.
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.
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Excerpt
Her reddish brown hair had long ago worked its way out
of the knot she’d styled it in and now was plastered to the back of her neck.
Beads of sweat gathered between her breasts. The fabric of her dress clung to
her, which was deuced uncomfortable in this heat. Her whalebone corset dug into
her skin. Prue switched the bag from one hand to the other. Both hurt. She
debated leaving it on the side of the road, but she had faith that eventually
she would reach shelter and would want the clean dress, hairbrush and money
contained within. So she held on until her hands were raw. Her pale skin was
probably a furious shade of red by now. Her freckles had probably darkened
considerably. When she was still a student at Lady Penelope’s, she had worried
about her freckles and if she would forget the steps to the quadrille while
dancing with a handsome young man, and other ridiculous things that were never
actual problems. She carried on, walking another mile or two or twenty. It felt
like twenty. The thick white clouds had begun to darken considerably. A thick
rumble of thunder disturbed the birdsong. A storm. Perfect. While the rain
might be cooling, she didn’t fancy walking when this dirt road turned to mud.
And then, oh happiness, the sweetest sound in the world reached her ears: the
sound of a carriage approaching. The clip of the horse’s hooves and the rumble
of the wheels was unmistakable.
Author Info
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.
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