The Wolf and the Wildflower

By: Stacy Reid

Narrated by: Sasha Higgins

USA Today bestselling author Stacy Reid's addictive tale of two lost people who are found . . . by each other

London is buzzing with the news that James Winters, the Duke of Wulverton—thought lost at sea a decade ago—survived in the harsh wilderness of the Yukon. Now he's been returned to his family, his responsibilities, and a nightmarish world of artifice and noise. He has three weeks to become a refined, elegant duke for the Queen . . . or doom the entire family to ruin and scandal.

Promising psychologist Jules Southby knows a lot about disguises. She's secretly been living as a boy since birth, enjoying the freedoms of men and knowing little about how to behave like a woman. When she meets the alluring duke, she's unprepared for his raw, masculine beauty and icy intelligence . . . or that he can see through her darkest secret.

Jules has very little time to transform the duke into a true semblance of an English gentleman. Yet his very presence seems to unravel her in every way. Their attraction is stark and achingly real—and forbidden. But loving the lost duke would mean losing every sacrifice she's made to earn her freedom . . .

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Stacy Reid (P)2023 Tantor

Perfection

Stacy Reid can do no wrong. This book was everything I adore it so much.

Great Storyline

So nice to have a totally different storyline. It was a nice twist to this historical romance. Kept me interested and the narration was very good.

Beautiful

Stacy Reid is an absolute dream, each and every one of her novels is unique, full of heart and beautifully embodies the brilliance of Reid's writing and mastery of craft. The Wolf and the Wildflower is a beautiful edition to Reid's backlist, which are all must reads! This novel have an element of originality that sparks from inspiration drawn from Tarzan. Reid elegantly explores the topic of two people who have enormous secrets they are hiding from the world, but see the other so clearly. Reid's mastery of romance and how to build tension and chemistry is stunningly played out amongst the main character and drive this story through its discoveries and heart felt moments with care and understanding. The Wolf and the Wildflower is Stacy Reid in her element, this novel is a must read in the Reid Cannon and is such a lovely place to start if you have never read her before!

Sasha Higgins does a lovely job bringing this novel to live and her characters feel well rooted and developed.

New plot!

Love the new premise for the plot! I love romance, but the premises are usually the same. So nice to have a new idea!

I loved it!!

Stacy always pens a good, steamy read (or listen) and this one is another favorite of mine. Jules, the Wildflower, or WaldFlower as it always came across to me, is not just a girl pretending to be a boy, but unbeknownst to her psychologist father, IS a boy. Her mother's deceit to have Miss Jules carry on such a deceit for 23 years is very well pulled off. When the Duke of Wulverton, missing for 10 years, since the age of 18, is found in the Canadian wilderness and returns home, his family deems him a savage for running barefoot with long hair. Dr and son Jules are hired to evaluate and quickly redeem this sensitive extrovert into the Duke his family expect him to be. But it's Jules who catches his eye, or nose, and a romance in a tree house in the woods ensues. These are two young people brought together by unusual circumstances. They were a likeable (and lickable!) H & h and the plot worked for me.

I've grown to enjoy Sasha Higgins, she sounds very young, but not unbelievable.

the Lady Doctor getting a paper published.

nice book ... retelling of Tarzan in a different environment but with the twist of the female lead being a disguised man.

Built on impossible premises, but …

I basically like fiction that could actually happen: this book is not like that. Both main characters have back stories that are unbelievable, and impossible, sort of like a sci-fi novel in the 1800’s. But it works and other than a few times, I really liked the book. Giving any more details than that would spoil the story. The author, as usual, has unique, red hot, explicit love scenes!

loved the unique story angle

Unlike a majority of its genre-counterparts, this story included gender bending and unconventional themes that I found refreshing. I also enjoyed the Tarzan-esque plot line wherein the once-regal-turned-savage Duke of Wolverton must reconnect with humanity and society.
Is it as predictable as the next regency romance story? Yes. But was it just different enough to stand out? Definitely. I thought these main characters were highly likeable and their live story was well-developed. Great read!

The Storyline!!!!

At first I was skeptical. The synopsis is not the best but once I started listening to it… OMG I COULD NOT STOP. I was listening at work, on the drive to work…. It was such a good read. Awesome story!

Good ending!

Well this audible did drag out a lot in places. I felt that it was repeating a scenario over and over. But around the middle it did pick up. The narrator was spot on, great! I enjoyed the audible but would not listen to again.