Manda Collins
You can lead a wallflower to the ball, but you canâ€™t make her bloomâ€”unless one daring young bachelor turns up the heatâ€¦,Whatâ€™s a nice girl like Miss Juliet Shelby doing at a place like Lord Deverilâ€™s ballroom? With her shy demeanor, sheâ€™s a total stranger to the dance floor and a source of mockery for the ,ton,. So imagine her surprise when Deveril gallantly comes to her defenseâ€”and offers to teach her to dance! Juliet can hardly believe the most handsome bachelor in London would notice her, until he takes her in his arms and sets her heart ablazeâ€¦,Lord Alec Deveril has never felt such a spark of attraction for an unmarried lady before. Unlike the â€œfashionableâ€ ladies heâ€™s accustomed to, Juliet possesses a generous spirit, a fiery intelligenceâ€”and an explosive secret. Deep in the London underworld, a dear friend has vanished, and Juliet fears the worst. Deveril insists on helping, escorting her through the darkest alleys in town. But he too is hiding a shocking secretâ€”and the only way he can defeat the devil in his past is to seduce the angel in his armsâ€¦
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