Emma V. Leech

She wanted one man. She fell for another. Then the wrong woman ended up dead.
A Dangerous, Intoxicating Victorian romance from Best Selling Author Emma V Leech
Lady Rosamund Adolphus has everything a young lady could wish for — beauty, breeding, charm, and a dowry large enough to bankrupt a small nation. According to the ton, she will have no trouble finding a husband. According to Rosamund, the ton is full of idiots. The only man she wants is Lord Ashburton, her brother Jules’ longtime friend… and the only man who stubbornly refuses to see her as anything but a child.

Frustrated, Rosamund turns to her new best friend, Viscount Hargreaves, for consolation. Sophisticated, witty, and endlessly kind, Hargreaves is the perfect confidant — even if he is inconveniently married to a woman who flaunts her affairs and makes his life a misery. Together, Rosamund and Hargreaves concoct increasingly ridiculous schemes to catch Ashburton’s attention.

Until Rosamund realises she no longer cares about Ashburton at all.

Because somewhere between the laughter and the plotting, she has fallen for the one man she absolutely cannot have.

When Hargreaves confesses his feelings have grown far beyond friendship, they both know the only honourable choice is distance. But Lady Hargreaves has already noticed her husband’s newfound happiness — and she intends to destroy it. Her spiteful retaliation leaves Rosamund’s reputation in tatters and Hargreaves vowing revenge.

Then Lady Hargreaves is found dead.

Hours after a furious confrontation with her intoxicated husband, the ton is quick to point fingers. Scandal erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And Rosamund must decide whether she dares to stand by the man she loves… even if it means risking everything.

A forbidden love.
A vicious scandal.
And a murder that could ruin them both — unless love proves sinfully, recklessly, gloriously worth the risk.