Wicked by Design

A thrilling Regency romance, for fans of the Bridgerton series. From the windswept cliffs of Cornwall to the glittering ballrooms of St Petersburg, this is high voltage Regency romance with a twist. Jack 'Crow' Crowlas, the charismatic and troubled hero of K.J. Whittaker's first novel, False Lights, has married his feisty love, Hester and with their baby daughter, settled down to enjoy their new life as Lord and Lady Lamorna of Nansmornow in Cornwall. But for Crow, trouble is never far away and as Cornwall seethes with rebellion, he is arrested for treason. Spared execution on condition that he undertakes a highly dubious mission to St Petersburg, he finds himself tangled in a snare of treachery and illicit passion, violence and sexual deceit, where not only his love for Hester, but also his relationship with his only brother, serving with the British army in Russia, will be tested to the limit and beyond. “A swashbuckling, sparkling world of a novel…with a mad, bad and dangerous hero.” SUZANNAH DUNN with a mad, bad and dangerous-to-know hero' Suzannah Dunn 'Excellent writing and characterization pushes it up several notches ¬– with special mention for Hester: a fizzing-with-life, believable and resourceful heroine if ever there was one' Daily Mail 'Passionate, smart and action-packed ... Stuffed full of heart-pumping romance' Sarah Hughes 'Every feel-good list needs at least one Regency bodice-ripper and they don't come any better than Moran's second book, a wonderfully knowing take on the genre, stuffed full of deceit, desire and beautiful people behaving appallingly' i newspaper 'I've always loved alternative histories, and Wicked by Design by Katy Moran is a luscious, swashbuckling gallop through a Cornwall reigned over by the Empress Josephine' Woman amp; Home.