Audacious: A Steamy, Sensual Father's Best Friend Regency Romance

Praise for Minerva Spencer’s THE WILD WOMEN OF WHITECHAPEL series: “With the launch of her swooningly romantic, sizzling sensual new Regency-set Wild Women of Whitechapel series, Spencer delivers her own one-two knockout punch with a superbly realized cast of characters that includes an intriguingly different yet historically credible heroine and an exhilarating plot that not only delves into the fascinating world of female pugilism—Marianne is based on a historical figure, Mary Anne Pearce—but also deftly illuminates the dangerous state of affairs in France after Napoleon escaped from Elba.” –Booklist STARRED REVIEW of THE BOXING BARONESS “Fans of historical romances with strong female characters in non-traditional roles and the men who aren’t afraid to love them won’t be disappointed by this series starter.” –Library Journal STARRED REVIEW of THE BOXING BARONESS “Spencer (Notorious) launches her Wicked Women of Whitechapel Regency series with an outstanding romance based in part on a real historical figure. . . This is sure to wow!” -Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW of THE BOXING BARONESS “Readers who enjoyed The Boxing Baroness won’t want to miss Spencer’s sequel. Indeed, anyone who appreciates strong, unconventional heroines—and the Regency-era heroes who know (or at least manage to learn) better than More books by S.M. LaViolette & Minerva Spencer Minerva’s OUTCASTS SERIES DANGEROUS BARBAROUS SCANDALOUS THE REBELS OF THE TON: NOTORIOUS OUTRAGEOUS INFAMOUS THE SEDUCERS: MELISSA AND THE VICAR JOSS AND THE COUNTESS HUGO AND THE MAIDEN THE ACADEMY OF LOVE: THE MUSIC OF LOVE A FIGURE OF LOVE A PORTRAIT OF LOVE THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE DANCING WITH LOVE A STORY OF LOVE* THE MASQUERADERS: CROOKED SIXPENCE BOOKS are published by CROOKED SIXPENCE PRESS 2 State Road 230 El Prado, NM 87529 Copyright © 2023 Shantal M. LaViolette All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case