Claiming His Defiant Miss
Seduced by her bodyguard!Aristocrat’s daughter May Worth is beautiful, headstrong…and in trouble. There’s only one man who can protect her: Liam Casek, her brother’s best friend, a government agent, and the man whose sinfully seductive touch she’s never forgotten.Rakish Liam always knew May’s wild beauty would be the death of him, but if he’s to protect her with his life, he’s damned if he’ll deny their still-sizzling chemistry! May is everything Liam wants—if only he dare claim this defiant miss for his own.
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Seduced by her bodyguard!
Aristocratâs daughter May Worth is beautiful, headstrong...and in trouble. Thereâs only one man who can protect her: Liam Casek, her brotherâs best friend, a government agent and the man whose sinfully seductive touch sheâs never forgotten.
Rakish Liam always knew Mayâs wild beauty would be the death of him, but if heâs to protect her with his life, heâs damned if heâll deny their still-sizzling chemistry! May is everything Liam wantsâif only he dares claim this defiant miss for his own.
Out of the shadows, into the marriage bed!
In Regency England young women were defined by their prospects in the marriage market. But what of the girls who were presented to Societyâ¦and not snapped up?
Bronwyn Scott invites you to
The Left Behind Girlsâ Club
Three years after their debut, and still without rings on their fingers, Claire Welton, Evie Milham, May Worth and Beatrice Penrose are ready to leave the shadows and step into the light. Now London will have to prepare itself⦠because these overlooked girls are about to take the ton by storm!
Read Claireâs story in
Unbuttoning the Innocent Miss
Read Evieâs story in
Awakening the Shy Miss
Read Mayâs story in
Claiming His Defiant Miss
Available now!
And watch for Beaâs storyâ
Marrying the Rebellious Missâcoming soon!
May and Liamâs tale is a coming of age story at its core, which makes it a very relatable storyline. It explores the practicalities of what it takes for love to survive. Is physical passion enough? Thereâs young love thwarted by the âwisdomâ of older mindsâMayâs fatherâand by a healthy dose of caution on Mayâs part. Thereâs also the issue of surviving change. We are not who we were at seventeenâhow does love survive when we change? These are the issues that May and Liam deal with as former sweethearts who are reunited under unexpected circumstances.
These were interesting aspects to exploreânot only against a Regency backdrop, in which family and reputation are everything, but also as timeless issues to explore in todayâs world, where we are beset with technologies that make reconnection more possible than ever. One marketing site points out that modern high school sweethearts who marry in their teens only have a fifty-four per cent chance of that marriage lasting ten years. Only two per cent of high schoolers who marry their sweetheart go on to get a college education. I think thatâs what would have happened to May and Liam, Regency-style, if she had married him the first time he asked. May recognises that, while she loves him, there are things like family and her own sense of independence she has to sort out before she can be a successful partner. Only when May and Liam know themselves can they fully engage in the love they have for one another.
I hope you enjoy their journey. I invite you to come and post your thoughts about first love and your own love journeys at bronwynswriting.blogspot.com.
BRONWYN SCOTT is a communications instructor at Pierce College in the United States, and the proud mother of three wonderful childrenâone boy and two girls. When sheâs not teaching or writing she enjoys playing the piano, travellingâespecially to Florence, Italyâand studying history and foreign languages. Readers can stay in touch on Bronwynâs website, bronwynnscott.com, or at her blog, bronwynswriting.blogspot.com. She loves to hear from readers.
Books by Bronwyn Scott
Mills & Boon Historical Romance
and Mills & Boon Historical Undone! eBooks
Wallflowers to Wives
Unbuttoning the Innocent Miss
Awakening the Shy Miss Claiming His Defiant Miss
Rakes on Tour
Rake Most Likely to Rebel
Rake Most Likely to Thrill Rake Most Likely to Seduce Rake Most Likely to Sin
Rakes of the Caribbean
Playing the Rakeâs Game
Breaking the Rakeâs Rules Craving the Rakeâs Touch (Undone!)
Rakes Who Make Husbands Jealous
Secrets of a Gentleman Escort
Londonâs Most Wanted Rake An Officer But No Gentleman (Undone!) A Most Indecent Gentleman (Undone!)
Visit the Author Profile page
at millsandboon.co.uk for more titles.
For Catie, Tonia and my Brony, who came up with the name for this hero. Thanks for helping me create a memorable hero.
And to all the girls out there. If thereâs one lesson I want you to have from this story, itâs that love will find youâsometimes you just have to wait.
Contents
Preston Worth might very well die this time. Liam Casek stripped off his shirt and tore away a wide strip with an efficiency born of too much experienceâheâd patched up Preston more than once. But tonight might be the last time. He pressed the wad of cloth to the gash in Prestonâs chest, alarmed by its location so near a lung and alarmed by the size of the crimson spread. It was too much for a mere strip of linen to staunch.
