Emma V. Leech

Eight lives lost. One left to win her.
A Sparkling Victorian friends‑to‑lovers romantic adventure from Best Selling Novellist Emma V Leech featuring a daredevil Corinthian, a secretly besotted heroine, and the most famous cat in the ton.
Leo Hunt has always been the man who never says no to a challenge. A notable Corinthian, a daredevil, and a menace to his own safety, he has spent years laughing in the face of danger. But now his friends are marrying, his sister’s chaotic household is a delight, and Leo finds himself wanting something more.

Someone more.
Violetta Spencer — his sometime friend, sometime nemesis, and the only woman he has never managed to charm for more than five minutes without vexing her.
Until now.

When Leo announces his intention to court her, Vi assumes he has lost his mind. Or worse — that he’s doing it for a dare, a lark, or a bet. She has secretly loved him since girlhood, but she is no fool. Any romance between them would surely end in disaster.

Unfortunately, Vi has not accounted for Lady Trevick, her marriage‑minded adopted mama, who is determined to see Vi wed whether she likes it or not.

Backed into a corner, Vi decides to endure Leo’s courting like one would a bout of the measles — unpleasant, inevitable, and best ignored until it passes.

Then Mau is kidnapped.
Mau, Leo’s legendary feline companion — adored by the ton, coveted by criminals, and famous enough to inspire gossip across London — is snatched by villains demanding a ransom fit for royalty. When their diversion fails, the criminals flee with Mau in their clutches, and Leo and Vi in hot pursuit.

Suddenly, Vi is living the kind of adventure she has only ever read about.
Suddenly, Leo is proving he has far more than nine lives.
And suddenly, disaster doesn’t feel like disaster at all.

As danger mounts and tempers flare, Vi discovers that devil‑may‑care Leo is not the man she thought he was. And Leo realises he may have spent eight lives losing her…
…but he’s determined to use his last one to win her heart.