"The Menace of London has returned... and it appears he has finally met his match." Julian Greenwood is a man of many masks. To the ton, he is the reckless heir-presumptive and a cynical rake. In private, he is a man haunted by a heartbreak that drove him to the ends of the Earth. He returns to Mayfair with one goal: to remain untouched by the stifling expectations of society. But at Lady Bridgerton's masquerade, a chance encounter with a girl dressed as a mermaid changes everything. Posy Li has always been the girl in the shadows, overlooked by society and silenced by her family. But when the ton's most dangerous rogue begins to look her way, she must decide if she is brave enough to step into the light. In a world built on reputation and artifice, they both soon discover that the one thing they can no longer do... is pretend. POSY LI X OC MALE