Lovely descriptions create an evocative setting in this new series opener, although sometimes it’s at the expense of propelling the plot. Jake quickly realizes he is hopelessly smitten, and his goal shifts from wanting ownership of Quimby’s to desiring Cleo as his wife.
After some back and forth, Cleo and Jake agree on a wager of sorts that involves each crafting the wardrobe for the other. She heads to Quimby’s, a costume emporium, for new clothing and ends up becoming a new investor in the establishment, much to the chagrin of American Jake Astor Addison, who'd intended to purchase the place and relocate it to his country when he returned to marry a biddable, calm woman. Cleo has the opportunity to meet her maternal grandfather, a viscount, for the first time, and he wishes to launch her into London society.
Cleo, on the other hand, is more business-minded and set on maintaining her freedom and power through her ownership of Lewis Commodes, the business she inherited from her father. Julia adored theater and would fall in love, and subsequently sleep, with many leading actors. Miss Cleopatra Lewis grieves for her late mother but does not aspire to be like her. But unlike the noblemen at her feet, he doesn't belong in her refined and cultured world.An heiress who wants to be a wallflower becomes a rival and then love interest of an American businessman. It isn't until Cleo becomes the toast of all society that Jake realizes she's stolen his fiercely guarded heart. And somehow in the middle of their lively competition, Jake becomes her closest friend. Cleo can't resist the fun of clothing the rough-hewn American in feathers and flowers. Jake strikes a devil's bargain, offering to design her "wallflower wardrobe" and giving Cleo the chance to design his. He's furious when a she-devil masquerading as an English lady steals Quimby's Costume Emporium from under his nose. Powerful and charismatic Jacob Astor Addison is in London, acquiring businesses to add to his theatrical holdings in America-as well as buying an emerald for a young lady back in Boston. But since she has no intention of marrying, she visits a costume emporium specifically to order unflattering dresses guaranteed to put off any prospective suitors. Miss Cleopatra Lewis is about to be launched in society by her aristocratic grandfather. From New York Times bestseller Eloisa James, a new Regency-set novel in which a heiress with the goal of being a wallflower engages a rugged American in a scorchingly sensual, witty wager that tests whether clothing does indeed make the man-or the wallflower! A perfect companion story to Eloisa's My American Duchess.
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