This is the first book in Sarah MacLean's Bareknuckle Bastards series. Wicked and the Wallflower pays literary homage to dark, sexy, binge-worthy television, such as Taboo, Harlots, Ripper Street, and Peaky Blinders. With every scene, save one, set in the dark night of London during the early eve of the Victorian era, the series presents a cinematic, novel direction for this talented author. At the centre of each story are three half-brothers brought up to compete viciously against one another for their father's title. To be honest, they are crime lords . . .but very noble ones! Set more in the dark streets of Covent Garden than in the glittering homes of Mayfair, this is a London unlike any romance readers might be well acquainted. And it's absolutely riveting.