The Wallflower's Wager

A wallflower who secretly writes adventure novels and a marquess avoiding marriage make a dangerous wager at a masquerade ball-three nights of anonymous dancing could win them freedom, but losing their hearts wasn't part of the bargain.

Lady Rose Winters makes a bold wager at a masquerade ball-if she can secure three dance partners without revealing her identity, she'll win her freedom from an arranged marriage. The mysterious masked man who accepts her challenge is none other than Randall Thornfield, a marquess with his own reasons for avoiding the marriage mart. As they compete through a series of masked encounters, their growing attraction threatens not only their wager but also the careful walls they've built around their hearts-especially when Rose discovers her most devoted reader is the very man she's falling for.