num_pages: 250
description: An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here Formerly titled The Wallflowers Wicked WagerHe loved her beyond anything and everythingprecisely why he must never marry her.Lovesentimental drivel for weak feckless fools.Since an explosion ravaged Captain Morgan Le Dracos face and cost him his commission in the Royal Dragoons hes fortified himself behind a rampart of cynicism and distrust. Hes put aside all thoughts of marrying until he risks his life to save a drowning woman. At once Morgan knows Shonas the balm for his tortured soul. But as a wealthy noblewoman shes far above his humble station and can never be his.Lovea treasured gift reserved for those beautiful of form and face.Scorned and ridiculed most of her adult life Shona Atterberry believes shes utterly undesirable and is reconciled to spinsterhood. She hides her spirited temperament beneath a veneer of shyness. Despite how ill-suited they are and innuendos that Captain Le Draco is a fortune-hunter she cannot escape her growing fascination. Two damaged souls searching for love.Shona is goaded into placing a wicked wager. One that sets her upon a ruinous path and alienates the only man who might have ever loved her. Is true love enough to put their pasts behind them to learn to trust and to heal their wounded hearts.Though this book can easily be read as a stand-alone most readers prefer to read the series in order.
language: English
title: The Rogue and the Wallflower
publisher: Blue Rose Romance