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Wicked By Design
Wicked By Design
Wicked By Design
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'Lush, dark, utterly real and above all achingly romantic' RUTH WARE
Thrilling Regency romance, set against an Outlander-like background of passion and war, this will delight lovers of Poldark and Bridgerton.

1819: Cornwall and St Petersburg

High society England is awash with gossip and scandal. For Lady Hester, it's just typical that the wickedest gossip focuses on her beautiful, impossible husband Crow. Hester loves him fiercely, but the Earl of Lamorna has a wild past. Rumours of a child with his black hair and grey eyes wound Hester more than she'll admit.

Crow's enemies also want him tried for treason, and soon Hester and their own daughter are in danger. There's nothing Hester won't do to protect their child. So when Countess Lieven drops her guard and says, 'Take your baby, Hester, and run,' Hester does exactly that.

Meanwhile, Crow will do anything to save his family, even accepting a final mission that might end in losing them both for good.

Praise for Katy Moran:

'Passionate, smart and action-packed... Stuffed full of heart-pumping romance' SARAH HUGHES, Guardian

'A wonderfully thrilling, sweeping romantic historical adventure that keeps you gripped until the last page' ROWAN COLEMAN

'Badly behaved aristocrats, gloriously opinionated women and danger at every turn' iNews Best Books of 2019
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Release dateSep 5, 2019
ISBN9781786695376
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Katy Moran

Katy Moran is the author of Game of Hearts, Wicked by Design, Scandalous Alchemy and My Lady's Secrets. Katy is fascinated by the glamorous world of high society in the past but drawn to darker, grimier corners of history where her own ancestors scrubbed floors and polished other people's shoes. She has worked on many arts and heritage projects, including Hidden Histories: Women of Waterloo with the charity Waterloo Uncovered, which examines the lives of camp followers, women and children who followed the British army to war in the early 1800s. Katy lives in the Welsh Borders with her husband, three children and four miniature sheep.

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