This is tortured/scarred hero and grumpy/sunshine done very much right and I just completely melted for it. This book was exactly what I wanted and needed to read right now. Soon, Max finds himself tempted by the impossibility of a future with Ada, but he must convince her he’s worth the risk, which means convincing himself of his own worthiness as well.

His accounts may need the attention, but she reminds him of all the things he’s been trying to forget and stirs reactions in him that he thought long dead.

He certainly doesn’t need a meddlesome, nosy, insufferably cheerful woman invading his privacy. Maximillian Hunt, the very reluctant Viscount Warfield, doesn’t really care if he lives or not he’s just trying to move beyond the memories of war and loss that haunt him daily. Of course, Lucien’s friend is a surly, beast of a man, but Ada is certain he’s hiding a warm heart if she can just get beyond his tough exterior. When her friend and the club’s owner, Lucien, asks her to go to his friend’s country estate and help sort out his ledgers, Ada is eager for the challenge. She’s happy with her position as bookkeeper at the Phoenix Club and loves the independence her role has brought her. Having experienced love before, and the heartache that came with it, Ada Treadway isn’t that interested in experiencing it again, but that doesn’t stop her from being cheerful and optimistic for everyone else around her. Tempted by a future he never imagined, he must do the impossible: convince her that he’s worth risking her heart a second time.

The arrival of the meddlesome and effusively positive woman who will put his accounts in order not only reminds him of the past he’s desperate to forget, she sparks something within him he thought dead. Maximillian Hunt, the Viscount Warfield doesn’t care if he lives to see tomorrow, and he certainly doesn’t want to recall yesterday.

But his friend turns out to be a disagreeable, unpleasant beast, and Ada works to find the warm-hearted gentleman she’s sure lurks beneath. When the owner enlists her help to organize his friend’s estate ledgers, she’s eager to prove her expertise and her worth. Still, she retains her cheerful optimism and is fiercely protective of the independence and respect she’s earned as bookkeeper of the Phoenix Club. Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London’s most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances.Īda Treadway has been in love before, and it brought nothing but heartache.

Indecent by Darcy Burke