The Wallflower Wager

I read the first two books in the series first, and Penny was not my favorite character in either of them - she never seemed as fleshed out as the other characters, in my recollection at least - so for a long time I didn't think I was going to bother with this book. I am so glad that I changed my mind and that I was wrong. Penny is such a wonderful woman, commanding in her own quiet way and asking for exactly what she wants; Gabriel had some predictable childhood trauma that took him a long time to get over, but the way he treated Penny (and her many pets) was just so swoony. The sex scenes were HOT. I'm glad there's another one in this series because these women and their men (introduced in the previous books) are delightful.

TW: molestation/childhood sexual assault (in the past)