The Arrogant Earl
(2026)(The seventh book in the Notorious Nightingales series)
A novel by Wendy Vella
A woman determined to challenge society. An arrogant earl determined to stop her. And a darkness beneath their feet neither expected.
Miss Matilda Wilson has never backed down from a challenge. Opening a women-only club on the same street as one of London’s most elite gentlemen’s establishments was always going to invite opposition—especially from Lord Ambrose Talbot and his sanctimonious associates. But Tilly is determined to prove women deserve their own spaces. However, when she discovers a hidden tunnel beneath her club, and then finds a young woman she barely knows wandering it days later, she realizes there is a mystery afoot.
Unyielding, and infuriatingly beautiful, his youngest sister’s best friend has been a thorn in Lord Ambrose Talbot’s side for too long. She challenged him at every turn. When she comes to him and the Nightingale family for help to uncover a mystery, Ambrose knows refusal isn’t an option. Protecting her means confronting secrets long buried, and his own growing realization that the woman he once dismissed may be the only one he truly wants.
On a street built on privilege, power, and silence, one woman’s defiance threatens to unravel everything… including a rivalry that may be hiding something far more dangerous, and far more irresistible, than either of them expected.
Tropes: Enemies to lovers, Best Friends Brother, Historical Romance Mystery, Alpha Hero
THE NOTORIOUS NIGHTINGALES
The Disgraced Debutante
An Imperfect Gentleman
The Fallen Viscount
The Rebellious Rake
The Honorable Rogue
The Fierce Scotsman
The Arrogant Earl
Genre: Historical Romance
Miss Matilda Wilson has never backed down from a challenge. Opening a women-only club on the same street as one of London’s most elite gentlemen’s establishments was always going to invite opposition—especially from Lord Ambrose Talbot and his sanctimonious associates. But Tilly is determined to prove women deserve their own spaces. However, when she discovers a hidden tunnel beneath her club, and then finds a young woman she barely knows wandering it days later, she realizes there is a mystery afoot.
Unyielding, and infuriatingly beautiful, his youngest sister’s best friend has been a thorn in Lord Ambrose Talbot’s side for too long. She challenged him at every turn. When she comes to him and the Nightingale family for help to uncover a mystery, Ambrose knows refusal isn’t an option. Protecting her means confronting secrets long buried, and his own growing realization that the woman he once dismissed may be the only one he truly wants.
On a street built on privilege, power, and silence, one woman’s defiance threatens to unravel everything… including a rivalry that may be hiding something far more dangerous, and far more irresistible, than either of them expected.
Tropes: Enemies to lovers, Best Friends Brother, Historical Romance Mystery, Alpha Hero
THE NOTORIOUS NIGHTINGALES
The Disgraced Debutante
An Imperfect Gentleman
The Fallen Viscount
The Rebellious Rake
The Honorable Rogue
The Fierce Scotsman
The Arrogant Earl
Genre: Historical Romance