A woman made for the light. A man born to the shadows.

When Lady Violet Sharpe flees her controlling brother and a fate she refused to accept, she reinvents herself in the lively Lanes of Brighton with a new name, a botanical shop full of flowers, and the desperate hope that her brother never finds her. She wants nothing more than to bloom quietly in her corner of the world, far away from the cruelties of powerful men. But when a dubious prize fight draws her into the wrong place at the wrong time, Violet finds herself face to face with one of the most dangerous men in Brighton.

What’s a woman to do? Pretend she’s lost, of course! And pray she can keep her identity a secret. Her prayers, unfortunately, go unanswered, and instead she draws the attention of the very kind of man she wants to avoid at all costs.

Drake Fury is not a man to be crossed. One of the feared Fury brothers and the undefeated Brute of Brighton’s underground fighting, he has built his reputation on brutal swiftness. His world is simple: Power is taken, never given. Weakness is punished. And threats are eliminated.

But when his newest tenant turns up where she shouldn’t be, lies to his face, and somehow outmaneuvers him and escapes, Drake is left with a problem he cannot quite solve . . . or stay away from.

Violet Sharpe.

The brightest flame he’s ever met.

As suspicion turns into a dangerous battle of wills, and Violet is thrust fully into Drake’s world, she must decide how much she is willing to risk to stay free, and this dark king must reckon with the one loss more dangerous than defeat: losing her.

Can a woman who was never meant for the underworld escape it . . . or will love take root even in the darkest of worlds and beckon her to stay?

Tropes you'll enjoy:

• Landlord vs. tenant
• Persephone and Hades
• Dangerous underworld hero
• Flower-loving heroine
• Forced proximity
• Hidden identity
• Opposites attract
• Protective hero
• Secrets
• New identity
• Fresh start

Bastards of Brighton Series

Book 1 - Her Beast in Brighton

Book 2 - Her Brute Most Brazen

Book 3 - Devil In Her Details

Book 4 - Her Wicked, Wicked Savage

Book 5 - The Bandit of Her Dreams

Book 6 - Ruffian In Her Arms

Book 7 - Catching Her Wild Rebel