Our own Barbara Monojem has a book out now, The Wallflower Ruse, #54 in the Revenge of the Wallflowers series
Lord Restive wonders why Lucinda Belair grew up to be a grumpy wallflower—and now, because of a message in code, he is forced to suspect her of treason.
Lucinda wishes her childhood friend Restive hadn’t grown up to be a horrid libertine—and now, because of the coded message, she has to suspect him right back.
Soon, they are compelled to work together to save England from an unnamed disaster. But Restive is intolerably rude to Lucinda, and she longs for revenge – to show him she’s intelligent and capable and can handle whatever a patriotic Englishwoman must do.
Is this the opportunity for Lucinda the wallflower to bloom at last? Will Restive’s bad reputation forever stand in his way—or might Lucinda’s desire for revenge be replaced by love?
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Intriguing set up — I like the name Restive.
Way to go!
And, number 54?! Wow!
Um…it’s a multi-author series. I had a manuscript that was stalled – this happens to me fairly often – and noticed the series thanks to a friend, and thought, hey, why not tag along at the end? I’m not really into revenge stories, but it gave me the impetus I needed to finish the novel. 🙂
The name Restive, btw, just popped into my head when he was a secondary character in a novella a few years ago. It was supposed to be a placeholder, but it stuck.
That was my thought too! 54 books in a series! Congratulations.
Thanks, Deborah. My response to you ended up somewhere else — below another post — but suffice it to say I only wrote #54. Other authors wrote the previous 53. Color me embarrassed…sigh.
Congratulations on book number 54!! Wow! You are prolific.
Argh. No, I’m not! I should have mentioned in the post I submitted to Jenny that it’s a multi-author series. But thank you anyways.
As I said above, it’s a multi-author series. I only wrote one of them. If I manage to complete five in a series, I’m thrilled. And ready to move on.
But it did give rise to a new secondary character who had to be reined in, because he tried to take over. Which meant, of course, that he should have his own story. However, he’s now a secondary character in another novel, and champing at the bit again….
Lord Secondary has found his role in life?
LOL He’s not a lord, although I think he’s related to more than one (Restive being one example). He’s still very young and playing with various roles, often the not at all respectable sort. I would love to build a series around him…
Congrats, Barbara!! The premise sounds like fun.
Thanks, Carrie! It was definitely fun to write.
Congratulations, I like the premise!
Thanks, Margaret!
Big congratulations on #54 in the Revenge of the Wallflowers series! And I agree, the name Restive is simply perfection.
Thanks! Such fun about the name Restive. I was thinking of a restive stallion at the time, so it ended up giving him a nickname Stallion when he was supposedly a rake. You just never know where something will come in handy down the road.
PS, Just read the comments that this is your first Wallflower. It’s still a big deal and worthy of lots of congratulations. Enjoy all the kudos. 😀
Bought it. Congratulations.
I have a hard time conceiving of the existence of 54 different wallflower scenarios in a single series! Lol. But you certainly pose an interesting one! I will go look for your book. Congratulations!