Never Spar with a Viscount

Ivy Bennett has no interest in the marriage mart, preferring her life as a governess and instructor of secret self-defense classes for women. In Never Spar with a Viscount, volume 1, Ivy accepts a dangerous assignment from a mysterious spymaster to fake a courtship with the enigmatic Lord Owen Brackley. This strategic ruse offers her a way to escape her conniving father and secure her independence. However, the plan becomes complicated when a strange madness begins affecting women across London, and all signs point toward a connection to the viscount.

This historical fiction novel blends romance and mystery as Ivy navigates high society and dangerous secrets. While gathering gossip to solve the mystery, she must protect Brackley from deadly threats while questioning the true nature of their arrangement. Never Spar with a Viscount follows Ivy as she untangles a web of deception where the line between a fake relationship and reality begins to blur.