Talk Sweetly to Me. The Brothers Sinister, #5

Nobody knows who Miss Rose Sweetly is, and she prefers it that way. She's a shy, mathematically-minded shopkeeper's daughter who dreams of the stars. Women like her only ever come to attention through scandal. She'll take obscurity, thank you very much. All of England knows who Stephen Shaughnessy is. He's an infamous advice columnist and a known rake. When he moves into the house next door to Rose, she discovers that he's also wickedly funny, devilishly flirtatious, and heart-stoppingly handsome.
But when he takes an interest in her mathematical work, she realizes that Mr. Shaughnessy isn't just a scandal waiting to happen. He's waiting to happen to her.and if she's not careful, she'll give in to certain ruination. Talk Sweetly to Me is a novella coda to the Brothers Sinister series. The books in the Brothers Sinister series:oe. The Governess Affair (prequel novella)1. The Duchess War1oe. A Kiss for Midwinter (a companion novella to The Duchess War)2.
The Heiress Effect3. The Countess Conspiracy4. The Suffragette Scandal4oe. Talk Sweetly to Me