'A master of pace, plotting and action packed scenes' Rhian Ivory.

'It's pretty hard to pull off a good Georgette Heyer homage, but Moran makes it look easy with this addictive sequel set in a world where Napoleon has won the Battle of Waterloo' <i>i</i> newspaper.

'Excellent writing and characterization pushes it up several notches ­– with special mention for Hester: a fizzing-with-life, believable and resourceful heroine if ever there was one' <i>Daily Mail</i>.

'Badly behaved aristocrats, gloriously opinionated women and danger at every turn' <i>i</i> newspaper.

'Every feel-good list needs at least one Regency bodice-ripper and they don't come any better than Moran's second book, a wonderfully knowing take on the genre, stuffed full of deceit, desire and beautiful people behaving appallingly' <i>i</i> newspaper.

'I've always loved alternative histories, and <i>Wicked by Design</i> by Katy Moran is a luscious, swashbuckling gallop through a Cornwall reigned over by the Empress Josephine' <i>Woman & Home</i>.