Protected By A Devil (The Deville Brothers #3)

He was a man who liked order and control. No Highland Hoyden was wrestling that from him!

Michael Deville prides himself on being ordered, controlled and the voice of reason amongst his fiery Deville brothers. Which is all true, until Freya MacDougall storms into his life and completely shakes his composure.

Beautiful, infuriating, and reckless, Freya evokes emotions he’s never let himself feel before. She knows nothing of society or the correct way a lady should behave. In fact, she’s the exact opposite of everything he believed he wanted in a wife.

His protective instincts toward her demand he seeks out her secrets. She’s up to something, and Michael is determined to find out what. But protecting her from the enemy lurking in the shadows may be harder on his heart than he ever anticipated.

She will yield to no man, especially not one of society’s most eligible bachelors.

Freya has no wish to come to horrid London for the season and have her great aunt, the Duchess of Yardly, turn her into a lady. It is a hopeless proposition, she knows, but she acquiesces to her parents’ demands. Unbeknownst to them, her ulterior motive is to find her missing uncle Dougal, not secure a pale, boring Englishman as a husband.

She submits and allows the endless fittings and tutors, and tries to hide the longing for the green fields of her homeland. Remarkably, she finds solace in her nightly sparring with the darkly handsome Michael Deville. He’s wicked, insolent, and intriguing. He also, annoyingly, keeps turning up where he is not wanted!

The man is ruthless at being her protector, for some unknown reason. But Freya will not be thwarted, not when her uncle’s life is in peril.

She cares nothing for decorum, the ton’s whispers, nor the desire that flares between her and Michael. She’s not marriage material. Surely he knows that.

The greatest risk Freya and Michael face may not be from society, or the danger that lurks in the shadows, but from the love they battle to deny.

From USA Today bestselling author Wendy Vella comes a sizzling new series full of passion, scandals, and intrigue. Tasked with protecting the King, the Deville brothers are part of a secret alliance forged centuries ago, but when it comes to affairs of the heart, they are yet to be tamed.