It isn't until Cleo becomes the toast of all society that Jake realizes she's stolen his fiercely guarded heart. And somehow in the middle of their lively competition, Jake becomes her closest friend.

Cleo can't resist the fun of clothing the rough-hewn American in feathers and flowers. Jake strikes a devil's bargain, offering to design her 'wallflower wardrobe' and giving Cleo the chance to design his. He's furious when a she-devil masquerading as an English lady steals Quimby's Costume Emporium from under his nose. Powerful and charismatic Jacob Astor Addison is in London, acquiring businesses to add to his theatrical holdings in America-as well as buying an emerald for a young lady back in Boston. But since she has no intention of marrying, she visits a costume emporium specifically to order unflattering dresses guaranteed to put off any prospective suitors. Miss Cleopatra Lewis is about to be launched in society by her aristocratic grandfather. But unlike the noblemen at her feet, he doesn’t belong in her refined and cultured world.Ĭaught between the demands of honor and desire, Jake would give up everything to be with the woman he loves- if she’ll have him!From New York Times bestseller Eloisa James, a new Regency-set novel in which a heiress with the goal of being a wallflower engages a rugged American in a scorchingly sensual, witty wager that tests whether clothing does indeed make the man-or the wallflower! A perfect companion story to Eloisa's My American Duchess. It isn’t until Cleo becomes the toast of all society that Jake realizes she’s stolen his fiercely guarded heart.

Cleo can’t resist the fun of clothing the rough-hewn American in feathers and flowers. Jake strikes a devil’s bargain, offering to design her “wallflower wardrobe” and giving Cleo the chance to design his. He’s furious when a she-devil masquerading as an English lady steals Quimby’s Costume Emporium from under his nose.

From New York Times bestseller Eloisa James, a new Regency-set novel in which a heiress with the goal of being a wallflower engages a rugged American in a scorchingly sensual, witty wager that tests whether clothing does indeed make the man-or the wallflower! A perfect companion story to Eloisa's My American Duchess.

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