Emma V. Leech

A wickedly romantic tale of temptation, rebellion, and a perfect lady who finally decides to be anything but.
A Daring and Delicious Victorian Romance from Best Selling Author Emma V Leech
Lady Elizabeth Adolphus has spent her life being perfect. Perfectly polite, perfectly poised, perfectly desirable to every eligible gentleman in the ton. But perfection is exhausting — and none of the respectable men vying for her hand make her heart race. Only one man does… and he is absolutely the last man she should want.

Monsieur Nicolas Alexandre Demarteau is danger wrapped in devastating charm. The illegitimate half‑brother of a French count and owner of the infamous Rouge et Noir nightclub, Nic has fled Paris under a cloud of scandal. He’s come to England to help his brother secure a respectable bride — only to discover that the woman Louis César desires is the one woman Nic cannot stop thinking about.

Eliza may look delicate after her near‑fatal accident, but her will is forged of iron. She’s tired of being the perfect debutante, tired of swallowing her opinions, tired of dancing with dull men when the one she wants is wicked enough to ruin her with a single look. And Nic, infuriatingly, seems determined to keep his distance.

He wants her safe.
She wants him ruined — by her.
And when Eliza decides it’s time to be brazen, Nic’s carefully built restraint doesn’t stand a chance.

Passion, temptation, and one very improper English rose collide in a love affair that threatens to scorch every rule of polite society.