They had to build up trust with one another, and both had rocky pasts that made it quite difficult.
The organic growth of Ophelia and Connor’s relationship was a definite boon in this story. His current investigation causes their paths to cross again, and secrets from their pasts will put the two to their test. He and Ophelia met a few times as they grew up, with a chance encounter causing Connor to be rescued and raised by a noble. Ripped away from the life she knew, she is soon in misery at dinner parties and in the ballrooms of London.Ĭonnor Steele is a private investigator that was forced into a street life after his parents’ deaths. Now living at the Hell and Sin gaming club with her sister, Gertrude, and street brother, Broderick, she is next in line to be pushed into the Ton’s marriage mart. Ophelia Killoran is one of the bastard daughters of Mac Diggory and grew up a street rat in his gang. Unlike the first book, this story feels like it solidly belongs in the new series instead of a continuation of the previous one, which was a bonus. The Vixen is book #2 in the Wicked Wallflowers series. But if they can set aside their misgivings and work together, they may discover that their purposes-and their hearts-are perfectly aligned.Formats: Kindle Unlimited, eBook ($5), Paperback ($10)
After all, Connor now serves the nobility, and that is a class of people Ophelia knows firsthand not to trust. But where does she find the children.and what are her intentions? Ophelia and Connor are at odds. Now, she hires orphans from the street to work in her brother's gaming hell. It has been years since he sacrificed himself for her. A notorious investigator, Connor Steele never expected to encounter Ophelia Killoran on his latest case. As a young girl, she faced those horrors herself, and she would have died.if not for the orphan boy who saved her life. Ophelia knows what horrors these children face. No one would guess that she spends her nights protecting the street urchins of St. Set apart by her ethereal beauty and fearless demeanor, Ophelia Killoran has always been a mystery to those around her-and a woman they underestimated. USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell pits a fiercely independent beauty against a devilish investigator.
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