A secret shared...
But can she trust him?
In this Debutantes in Paris story, Diana Martin is thrilled to be a writer covering the Parisian Exposition. But her new role must be kept quietâher parents would never allow it! When enigmatic Sir William Blakely discovers her ruse, he knows it could lead her into danger. With the sparks igniting between them, William realizes the only way to protect Diana is by staying as close to her as possible!
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âMcCabe sets the perfect tone, complete with all the elegant trimmings and sparkling warmth such genre fantasy can capture.â
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AMANDA MCCABE wrote her first romance at the age of sixteenâa vast epic, starring all her friends as the characters, written secretly during algebra class. Sheâs never since used algebra, but her books have been nominated for many awards, including the RITA®, Romantic Times Reviewersâ Choice Award, the Booksellersâ Best, the National Readersâ Choice Award and the Holt Medallion. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, one dog and one cat.
Also by Amanda McCabe
A Stranger at Castonbury
Tarnished Rose of the Court An Improper Duchess Betrayed by His Kiss The Demure Miss Manning The Queenâs Christmas Summons
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Running from Scandal Running into Temptation The Wallflowerâs Mistletoe Wedding
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07377-6
SECRETS OF A WALLFLOWER
© 2018 Ammanda McCabe
Published in Great Britain 2018
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To my mom, because weâll always have Paris!
Prologue
Spring 1888âMiss Grantleyâs School for Young Ladies
âBy this time next year I will be a famous authoress,â announced Miss Diana Martin as she lay in the grass with her two best friends and stared up at the clouds sliding across the pale blue April sky. They were only a few days from leaving their schooling for ever, presumably as polished young ladies of eighteen, ready to grace society, and had thus been allowed a rare afternoon picnic unchaperoned in the schoolâs lush park.
âHow can you do that, Di?â murmured Lady Alexandra, a dukeâs daughter, the sweetest, shyest and most beautiful girl in all of Miss Grantleyâs. âThere are no great lady authors. It must be so hard. Everyone knowing who you are, staring at you wherever you go. If anyone would buy the book at all. I would be so terrified.â
âOh, Alex,â laughed Emily Fortescue, the most sensible of the trio that everyone in the dormitory corridors like to call The Three Musketeers. âYou would be terrified if a mouse even looked at you, though you must get used to it. You are a dukeâs daughter