Miss Nell Latham’s life has not been a bed of roses. She’s experienced plenty of turmoil and sadness and now just wants to lead a quiet existence where she can get on with her job as a milliner. Nell’s life might not be especially thrilling or exciting, but that’s just the way she likes it. However, when she is asked by her employer to deliver a parcel for the Earl of Narborough, little does Nell realize that this innocuous errand is about to catapult her into a web of intrigue and scandal that will change her life forever!

Nell has got no idea as to the contents of the parcel which she has been asked to deliver, so she is scandalized when on opening the package, the Earl of Narborough almost suffers a heart attack and his eldest son, Marcus Carlow, Lord Stanegate, accuses her of being somewhat involved in this nefarious plan to threaten and terrorize his father!

Nell is outraged that this arrogant lord could accuse her of such a heinous thing! She might not have the money, the property or the connections which the supercilious Marcus Carlow has, but she has her pride and she will not allow anyone to insult her like that, so she flees the Earl of Narborough’s residence and returns to her humble domicile in a less than salubrious part of town. But Lord Stanegate will not be so easily dismissed…

Marcus is determined to track down Nell…and to uncover her secrets. Marcus is drawn to Nell’s beauty, her spirit and her intelligence, but he finds himself unable – and unwilling to trust her. What is Nell’s connection to the parcel which she delivered to her father? And why is this young woman working as a milliner when her manners and deportment are so refined?

Yet, the more Marcus pursues her, the more Nell pushes him away for she knows that she cannot let Marcus get to close to her for she has a secret so devastating that it could rock the foundations of the Carlow family forever. But, when Marcus kisses her, Nell finds herself unable to resist the dashing lord…

The first title of an eight-book continuity, The Lord and the Wayward Lady is another gold-standard Regency romance from the exceptional Louise Allen! Setting the stage beautifully for the subsequent novels in the series, The Lord and the Wayward Lady is a spellbinding story of forbidden passion, family loyalty and perilous dangers that makes the Regency era come gloriously to life and sweeps the readers off into a world of romance, intrigue and jeopardy.

With its deft blend of powerful romance, heart wrenching pathos and nail-biting suspense, The Lord and the Wayward Lady is easily the best historical romance you will read this year and I am already on tenterhooks, eagerly anticipating the next captivating installment of the exciting Silk and Scandal continuity!

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