Emma V. Leech

He’s hiding his identity. She sees straight through him. Let the games begin.
A Wickedly Clever Victorian Romance from Best Selling Novellist Emma V Leech
Tall, dark, devastatingly handsome, and heir to a title, this Wicked Son has never needed to be anything more than ornamental. Society expects nothing of him — and he’s happy to oblige.

Or so they think.

In truth, he is the anonymous author of The Ghosts of Castle Madruzzo, the gothic sensation that took England by storm. His readers adore him. His sales are excellent. But he knows he hasn’t quite recaptured the brilliance of that first novel. Worse, one particular lady critic seems determined to torment him with scathing reviews. Somehow, she has guessed he is a nobleman… and delights in skewering his “inaccurate portrayals of the lower classes.”

There’s only one solution: go undercover.

If he can live as a common labourer, he can prove — to himself and to her — that he understands the world he writes about.

Enter Selina Davenport.

As the eldest daughter in a household teetering on the brink of chaos, Selina is one frayed nerve away from losing her mind. The last thing she needs is a suspiciously elegant “gardener” turning up on her doorstep. She recognises an over‑privileged aristocrat at twenty paces. The nincompoop isn’t fooling anyone.

Still… there’s no harm in having a little fun at his expense.

What begins as a game quickly spirals into something far more dangerous. He is an immovable object — stubborn, proud, and determined to prove himself. She is an irresistible challenge — clever, sharp‑tongued, and entirely unimpressed by his charm.

Sparks fly.
Tempers flare.
And the line between deception and desire grows perilously thin.

When the truth comes out — and it will — there will be the devil to pay.

The only question is whether they’ll burn the world down… or fall hopelessly in love.