Wicked and the Wallflower (The Bareknuckle Bastards, #1)

by Sarah MacLean

As though he might leave a mark she could not erase.

“And I know it’s better to be first in hell than simpering in heaven.”

“I was unaware that men were so entirely susceptible to women’s clothing that it rendered them unable to control their hands.”

“It’s exactly the kind of skill we should have. Our whole world is built by men. For them. And we’re simply here for decoration, brought in at the end of everything important. Well, I grow tired of ends. Locks are beginnings.”

Instead she lifted her chin and said, calm as a queen, “You deserve the darkness.”