Today’s post is on The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare. It is
the third in her Girl Meets Duke series but you do not have to have read the
first two in order to enjoy this story. It is 353 pages long and is published
by Avon Romance. The cover has the two main characters on it about to kiss. There
is some mild foul language, sex and sexuality, and no violence in this book.
The story is told in third person close of the two main characters moving as
needed by the story. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- The Call Him the Duke Of Ruin
Wealthy and ruthless, Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society- and now he wants to get even.
Loyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn’t take into her home and her heart.
When her imposing- and attractive- new neighbor demands she clear out the rescued animals. Penny sets him a challenge. She will part with her precious charges is He can find them loving homes.
Done, Gabriel says. How hard can it be to find homes for a few kittens? And a two-legged dog. And a foul-mouthed parrot. And a goat, an otter, a hedgehog…
Easier said than done, for a cold-blooded bastard who wouldn’t know a loving home from a workhouse. Soon he’s covered in cat hair, knee-deep in adorable, and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster who defies his every attempt to resist. Now she’s set her mind and heart on saving him.
Not if her ruins her first.
Wealthy and ruthless, Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society- and now he wants to get even.
Loyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn’t take into her home and her heart.
When her imposing- and attractive- new neighbor demands she clear out the rescued animals. Penny sets him a challenge. She will part with her precious charges is He can find them loving homes.
Done, Gabriel says. How hard can it be to find homes for a few kittens? And a two-legged dog. And a foul-mouthed parrot. And a goat, an otter, a hedgehog…
Easier said than done, for a cold-blooded bastard who wouldn’t know a loving home from a workhouse. Soon he’s covered in cat hair, knee-deep in adorable, and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster who defies his every attempt to resist. Now she’s set her mind and heart on saving him.
Not if her ruins her first.
Review- A cute story about two misfits finding home with
each other. Penny has to start doing something in society or she is going to go
back to her family’s country estate and she will do anything to not go back
there. Gabriel has bought the house next to her, is remodeling it, and Penny is
important to his getting the most money for it. So they work together to get
what the both want; Penny her continued freedom, and Gabriel more money. As
they are thrown together, they begin to see each other in a new light and a
romance is born. The story is pretty fast paced, doesn’t get too bogged down in
details, and has good central characters. If you are looking for a quick read
then you should try this one.
I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing
for my review and I borrowed this novel from my local library.
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