Mad, Bad, and Dangerous by Valerie Lennox
What if Jane Austen met Lord Byron, the original bad boy Romantic poet? What if they were entirely at odds but very good at solving murders together?
Miss Jane Austen is a proper spinster living with her mother and sister in a cottage in Hampshire, and she certainly would never admit having been so vulgar as to have published a novel.
So, when Lord Byron—poet, playboy, and infamously dubbed “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” by his married mistress—arrives at her doorstep and seems to think they can bond over both being authors whilst he eats her entire household out of biscuits, Jane is not amused.
She’s even less amused when Byron returns the following day with a mob on his heels. They’re ready to string him up for murder.
Byron claims he’s innocent, and he wants her to help him prove that.
She primarily wants him to go away.
Certainly, he’s charming in a sort of artless way, and he does occasionally seem to come out with a keenly insightful comment about that novel she didn’t publish, and he is sort of, well, fun.
But she’s only helping him to solve this murder and clear his name in order to get rid of him. Yes, the sooner Lord Byron is gone and she can return to her sedate and predictable life, the better.
