In point of fact, Henrietta Sedley would never have described such a scenario as a likelihood. With such an obscure and uncommon collection of knowledge, one might imagine that Henrietta Sedley would have known precisely what to do in the likelihood she discovered a human male bound and unconscious in her carriage. She’d been able to do that for as long as she could remember. An important addendum to that particular lesson was this: The best of allies was often the best of friends.Īnd perhaps first on the list of things she had learned in her lifetime was how to tie a Carrick bend knot. Coachmen tended to talk a fine game when it came to keeping secrets, but were ultimately beholden to those who paid their salaries. She’d also learned that any decent escape from her Mayfair home required the cover of darkness and a carriage driven by an ally. A woman never knew when she might require a bit of rope, or a knife to cut it. She’d learned, for example, that if a lady could not get away with wearing trousers (an unfortunate reality for the daughter of an earl, even one who had begun life without title or fortune), then she should absolutely ensure that her skirts included pockets. In twenty-eight years and three hundred and sixty-four days, Lady Henrietta Sedley liked to think that she’d learned a few things. including their hearts.įind Brazen and the Beast at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, or from your local indie - or get a signed copy of the book from Sarah’s local indie, WORD in Brooklyn! and neither of them sees that if they’re not careful, they’ll have no choice but to give up everything. She won’t give up her plans he won’t give up his power. Soon, Hattie and Whit find themselves rivals in business and pleasure. He is more than happy to offer Hattie all she desires…for a price. When he wakes in a carriage at Hattie’s feet, Whit, a king of Covent Garden known to all the world as Beast, can’t help but wonder about the strange woman who frees him-especially when he discovers she’s headed for a night of pleasure. Everything is going perfectly…until she discovers the most beautiful man she’s ever seen tied up in her carriage and threatening to ruin the Year of Hattie before it’s even begun.

But first, she intends to experience a taste of the pleasure she’ll forgo as a confirmed spinster.

When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year her own, she has plans to inherit her father’s business, to make her own fortune, and to live her own life.

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