In Tessa Dareβs dazzling new trilogy, the men of the Stud Club live and play by their own rulesβuntil passion changes the game.
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The bastard son of a nobleman, Julian Bellamy is now polished to perfection, enthralling the ton with wit and charm while clandestinely plotting to ruin the lords, ravish the ladies, and have the last laugh on a society that once spurned him. But after meeting Leo Chatwick, a decent man and founder of an elite gentlemenβs club, and Lily, Leoβs enchanting sister, Julian reconsiders his wild ways. And when Leoβs tragic murder demands that Julian hunt for justice, he vows to see the woman he secretly loves married to a man of her own class.
Lily, however, has a very different husband in mind.Β Sheβs loved Julian forever, adores the man beneath the rakish faΓ§ade, and wants to savor the delicious attraction they shareβas his wife. His insistence on marrying her off only reinforces her intent to prove that he is the only man for her. Obsessed with catching a killer, Julian sinks back to the gutters of his youth, forcing Lily to reach out with a sweet, reckless passion Julian canβt resist. Can her desire for a scoundrel save them bothβor will dangerous secrets threaten more than their tender love?