{"product_id":"the-wallflower-wager-9780008268268","title":"The Wallflower Wager","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tessa Dare\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Prepare to Fall in Love’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJulia Quinn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBridgerton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘I absolutely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eadored\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e it. I laughed out loud numerous times… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLove her writing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.’ Jodi Picoult on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Governess Game\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTop Ten Most Heartwarming Reads by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLady Penelope cares for all creatures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGabriel Duke cares for no one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCan they care for each other?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWealthy and ruthless, Gabriel Duke had to fight his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society―and now, with a reputation as the ‘Duke of Ruin’, he wants to get even.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLoyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn’t take into her home, and her heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen her imposing―and attractive―new neighbour demands she remove her animals, Penny resists his demand and makes a counter-offer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e She\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will part with her precious charges, if\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e he\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e can find them loving homes!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRising to the challenge, Gabriel does not expect such a simple task to result in intimacy with Penny, and soon he finds this spirited spinster is not the push-over he thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Gabe is not the only one with a past he’d rather forget. And if Penny is intent on saving Gabe, perhaps he might just need to save her first…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• •\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReaders Love Tessa Dare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘I love Tessa Dare who writes sassy, salty heroines with plenty of backbone’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sarra Manning on The Wallflower Wager for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRED ONLINE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘When it comes to historical romance, for me, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eno one beats Tessa Dare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and this is definitely one of her best. It sparkles with all of Dare's usual humour and wit, and the romance is hot, hot, hot. I started this on my way home from work one Thursday evening and had the whole thing finished that night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e5 Star\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI couldn’t put it down\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e5 Star\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘The main characters, Gabriel and Lady Penelope, are to die for – I loved their first meeting so much. It was funny yet cute and sexy all at the same time…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTheir story is beautiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e4 Star\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI like this style of fiction – always have since Georgette Heyer times and these series of novels are only reminding me of her but with a small diversion towards modern times – the heroines are less missish and more feisty and not afraid to have sex with their suitors.\u003cbr\u003eI am also, always a sucker for stories with cute animals and hedgehogs in pockets are the best yet’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e4 Star\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45847886364823,"sku":"9780008268268","price":1280.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780008268268.webp?v=1769297262","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-wallflower-wager-9780008268268","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}