The Modest One for the Villain

Kindness, modesty — unfortunately, with these qualities a girl cannot find a husband in London society, as Lady Felicity Fairclough learned from her own bitter experience. And so, when a mysterious stranger sneaks into her bedroom under the cover of night and offers to help her make a brilliant match, she agrees. Her enigmatic patron has nothing but a dark past, vast wealth, the grim nickname Devil, and a thirst for revenge in his soul. And it is into an instrument of his vengeance that he intends to turn Felicity. However, the closer his treacherous plan comes to a successful conclusion, the clearer it becomes to the Devil: the simple-minded modest one, unknowingly, has awakened in his heart feelings he thought long lost…