Mabel Darling was once a child of London's roughest streets, surrounded by petty thieves, pickpockets, and worse. But though she survived this harsh upbringing to become a woman of incomparable beauty, Mabel wants nothing to do with the men who lust for her, the rogues who frequent the gaming hall where she works. She can take care of herself and feels perfectly safe on her own-safe, that is until he strides into her world, and once again it becomes a very dangerous place indeed.
To bed her but not wed her. That's what Matthew Langford, the eighth Duke of Greystone, wants. But Mabel abhors arrogant aristocrats interested only in their own pleasure. So why then does the thought of an illicit tryst with the devilish duke leave her trembling with desire? Her willing body begs for release... and a wicked, wonderful surrender.
⚠ TRIGGER WARNINGS ⚠
THIS BOOKS INVOLVES TOPICS AS:
SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE AND OTHER ISSUES IN THAT MATTER.
"Why are you looking at my lips like that?" I decided to be straight forward and ask him. He were still swaying back and forth at the soft music.
"So I can understand what you're saying" his voice was raspy, his face dazzed. He came closer rubbing his forehead to mine.
"But I'm not talking"
Everything went upside down when Josephine Langford moved to London fore her serior year in high school. From the first day eyes were stuck on her as well as a name: "rebel"
By cutting her long private school skirt on the first day of school standing up for her rights another name stuck to her: "slut"
She lived by those names, not caring if people knew that they weren't true. She knew who she was and that was enough.
But when she met Hero, a mysterious quiet kid, who only read books, had always his headphones on and was obssessed with waves, another name stuck to her: "The deaf kid's protector"
And that time she decided to pay attention to that name and actually act on it.