![]() ![]() Agent: Kim Witherspoon, Inkwell Management. By not integrating the romantic plot line and the journey of psychological recovery, this story falls short of its ambitions. James creates blistering chemistry between her protagonists, but her light tone betrays the deeper, complex issues of trauma and shame that her characters are forced to face. Even after their tryst turns into love, the demons of the past make a happy future seem impossible. Little alleviates his depression until Betsy proposes a bet over a game of billiards: if she wins, Jeremy will escort her on a daring, disguised journey around London if he wins, he gets one night in bed with her. ![]() Reckless beauty Lily Lawson delights in shocking London society. But winning Emma Stokehurst's exquisite See Details Then Came You A woman with a secret. Jeremy, devastated by his wartime service, endured a stint in Bedlam that only made things worse. A wealthy and bitter exile, he most dangerous and desirable man in all of England, he burns to possess a proud, headstrong beauty who is promised to another. An engagement to the future Duke of Eversley should be the culmination of her efforts-until her brother’s best friend, Lord Jeremy Roden, interrupts her conquest. To compensate, Betsy transforms herself into a model of propriety. Lady Boadicea “Betsy” Wilde’s reputation is tainted through no fault of her own: she’s believed to have inherited her mother’s debauched and licentious nature. James’s fourth visit to the Wildes of Lindow Castle (after Born to be Wilde) struggles to incorporate mental illness, social stigma, and trauma into a fluffy Regency romance. ![]()
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