The Wager of a Wallflower

A kiss in the gardens.

A ruined reputation.

A wager without a winner.

Having been caught kissing an earl’s heir in the gardens during a ball, Miss Lucy Fitzsimmons has been relegated to the company of potted palms and wallflowers at London entertainments.

Despite behaving as a perfect young lady up until that fateful night, she knows time won’t lessen the stain on her reputation.

She’ll rarely be asked to dance, nor does she expect to be courted by anyone, but then given the terms of the wager, she won’t need to—her brother apparently gave the rake permission to court her!One thing is certain—when Marcus Higgins returns in two years, she intends to collect what she’s owed.

They had made a wager, and she won.