“Every time I speak three words, you look as though you’re going to swoon into my arms.” Gabriel and Penny have no problem holding conversations. There’s nothing worse than a romance in which the hero and heroine can’t hold a conversation and all you can think is PLEASE STOP TALKING AND GO TO BED ALREADY. For me, what makes her books especially enjoyable is that she never forgets that good writing is as important as good romance. I’m a Tessa Dare fan and have read a number of her books including both the preceding books in the Girl Meets Duke series: The Duchess Deal (currently my favorite regency) and The Governess Game (if you start with The Wallflower Wager it’s no problem – the books in the series don’t need to be read in order). But all this can be avoided if they take the Wallflower Wager: Penny’s aunt has agreed to help her stay at home in town, if Penny can a) get new clothes, b) get rid of the pets, and c) appear in the society columns. For Gabriel, it means potentially losing his home’s greatest asset. For Penny, this means returning to the scene of a traumatic childhood. Unfortunately, Penny’s family has decided it’s time for her to move back to the countryside where she grew up. He isn’t angry though, because he’s trying his hand at the regency-era version of house flipping, and Penny’s aristocratic status gives his new real estate an excellent address. He has a chip on his shoulder – a shoulder which now has a parrot sitting on it thanks to his neighbor, Lady Penelope. Gabriel Duke – known as The Duke of Ruin – has made his living buying up the debt and secrets of England’s nobles and then calling them in.
That is, until her pet parrot flies into the house next door.
She has a few friends in the area but no man in her life. Penny has been living in London for years, kept company by one deaf old housekeeper and a menagerie of pets.
Lady Penelope – Penny – Campion has a new neighbor.
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