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Once Upon a Wallflower
Once Upon a Wallflower
Once Upon a Wallflower
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Once Upon a Wallflower

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A Perennial Wallflower…

When Mira Fitzhenry's guardian arranges her engagement to one of the most scandalous lords to ever grace the peerage, all of society is abuzz. After all, the man has left a trio of dead young women in his wake, including his first fiancée. But Mira doesn't see a killer in Nicholas's moonlight eyes, and she resolves to find the real murderer before the wedding.

A Gothic Villain…

Expecting to scare the chit away within five minutes of meeting him, scarred and brooding Nicholas, the Viscount Ashfield, is intrigued by Mira's tenacious resolve to prove his innocence. She's not put off by his imposing appearance, but his family's dark secrets mean he cannot let her get close.

As the wedding approaches, Nicholas and Mira grow ever closer, yet so does the danger.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 12, 2013
ISBN9781622662357
Once Upon a Wallflower
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Wendy Lyn Watson

Wendy Lyn Watson writes mysteries of all types: contemporary, historical, and cozy. A graduate from the University of Michigan and the College of William & Mary in Virginia, she now teaches political science. Although she was born in Ohio and has called half a dozen states home, she currently lives in a college town in North Texas along with her husband and their three cats. For more information, visit wendylynwatson.com, or find her on Facebook (@wendylynwatsonauthor).

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    You know how sometimes you get stuck in a rut with the books on your TBR? Well, I can tell you that this story got me out of one of those ruts and the reason for it is its characters and the mystery in it.

    If you’re in a mood for a hero that is to die for, this book is for you! He was such a great character. I loved him to pieces. Seriously, this story has it all, and then some. Get it!

    Melanie for b2b

    Complimentary copy provided by the publisher
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Overall a good book, combining history, mystery, and romance. This is the story of Mirabelle Fitzhenry, known to her family as Mira. Orphaned at a young age, she is raised by her aunt and uncle who have a daughter also called Mirabelle Fitzhenry, Bella for short. Mira's Uncle George is a terrible gambler and loses so badly one night that he has to agree to to give Mirebelle's hand in marriage to his opponent's son who is a rumored murderer. While Blackwell is expecting the charming socialite Bella, he instead finds himself saddled with the bookish Mira whom he didn't know existed. With tensions rife, the Fitzhenry family goes to the Blackwell estate for the wedding. While Mira finds herself quickly falling for Blackwell's son, Nicholas, she stands by her logic and is determined to find out the truth behind the rumors of the three murders attributed to Nicholas before their wedding.

    **I received a copy of the novel from NetGalley.**
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Great book terrible and unfitting title.the mystery is well developed
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Really good book. One of a kind. Breathtakingly fantastic work. Absolutely delightful.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    the magic of this seemingly dark story grows upon you Mirabella, known to her less than loving family as Mira, may be a wallflower but she is no shrinking violet. She is intelligent, compassionate and not at all in the usual mode. Mira lives her life in the shadow of her cousin Bella, also called Mirabella. The poor dependent relation. And therein lies the twist of fate.A bartered bride given over to pay a gambling debt, a family deception exchanging daughter for niece of same name, and a young woman's path opening up before her, a path of magic overlaid by a healthy dose of logic.Dark moors, towers on the edge of cliffs, murders and mystery in the depths of Cornwall.Mira's first view of the castle she is to live in is dark and foreboding,'out upon this spit of inhospitable rock there arose a forbidding tower, a stark and ominous edifice right out of a gothic novel, Nicholas's tower.'Heathcliffe lives on in the guise of Nicholas, Mira's fiance, whispered to have murdered his fiancé and two other young woman. As she comes to know Nicholas, Mira is not so convinced. A magical moment had seized her when she waltzed with Lord Nicholas, 'As he guided her carefully between the other dancers, who were nothing more than softly coloured wraiths fluttering on the edges of her perception.' In trying to prove his innocence she puts herself squarely in the path of danger. Watson's turn of phrase is quite as captivating as the developing relationship between Nicholas and Mira and the more I reflected upon Once Upon a Wallflower, the more I realized how much I enjoyed it. As Nicholas tries to point out to Mira, there's magic in the small and large things!A NetGalley ARC

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