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Your Wicked Ways
408 pages
A glittering, scandalous Regency romp about an estranged husband and wife rediscovering their fiery passion on the ballroom floor.
What it feels like
Stepping into this Regency romance feels like entering a glittering, scandal-soaked London ballroom where the air is thick with unspoken tension and daring propositions. The narrative moves at a brisk, playful pace, wrapping the reader in a world of transparent gowns, societal expectations, and the intoxicating thrill of breaking the rules. It is a story steeped in a seductive, charged mood, focusing on the fiery friction between two people who already know each other intimately but are meeting anew. The prose balances sharp, witty observations of high society manners with the sensuous heat of a rekindled romance. It is a perfect escape for readers who delight in second-chance love stories where estranged spouses trade their virtuous facades for wicked, passionate reconciliation.
- Mood
- seductive
- glamorous
- charged
- opulent
- Tone
- wry
- scandalous
- playful
- passionate
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- second chance romance · reclaiming passion · marital reconciliation · breaking social conventions · nobility and scandal
- The writing
- Sensuous and witty, capturing the glittering artifice of Regency ballrooms and the heat of rekindled desire.
- The arc
- Moves from weary frustration with societal expectations to a fiery, brazen rediscovery of marital passion.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love historical romances where estranged spouses clash, flirt, and rediscover their explosive chemistry amidst London high society.
Content notes
- infidelity
- sexual content
About the book
Helene, the Countess Godwin, knows there is nothing more unbearably tedious than a virtuous woman. After all, she's been one for ten long years while her scoundrel of a husband lives with strumpets and causes scandal after scandal. So she decides it's time for a change -- she styles her hair in the newest, daring mode, puts on a shockingly transparent gown, and goes to a ball like Cinderella, hoping to find a prince charming to sweep her off her feet...and into his bed. But instead of a prince, she finds only her own volatile, infuriatingly handsome...husband, Rees, the Earl Godwin. They'd eloped to Gretna Green in a fiery passion, but passion can sometimes burn too hot to last. But now, Rees makes her a brazen offer, and Helene decides to become his wife again...but not in name only. No, this time she decides to be very, very wicked indeed.
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