He intrudes on her plans, determined to get the answers he seeks, and ends up striking a bargain with the unintimidated Hattie.I loved both Hattie and Whit. Undeterred, Whit manages to escape his bonds and follow Hattie to her destination. The back and forth between these two was awesome, right up to when he kisses her - right before she shoves him out of the moving carriage. Hattie, on the other hand, thoroughly enjoys having the upper hand. Whit is not accustomed to being at a disadvantage, and he does not take it well. He is also intrigued by Hattie herself, especially when he discovers her plans for the night.The first encounter between Whit and Hattie sucked me right into the book.

He's convinced that Hattie knows something about how he came to be in her carriage and is determined to discover what it is. Her plans hit a snag when she finds a breathtaking man unconscious and tied up in her carriage.Whit, also known as Beast, is one of the Bareknuckle Bastards who run the underworld of Covent Garden. She plans to take control of her life by first making herself unmarriageable, then actively pursuing her dreams. Unfortunately for her, her father doesn't agree and wants her married. Intelligent and feisty, Hattie has turned her back on society and wants to run her father's shipping business. Instead, we see the world of the London docks and the poor of Covent Garden.Hattie is the daughter of a man who, through his successful shipping business, earned the title of Earl. I love the fact that, like the first book, this takes place mainly outside the usual setting of ballrooms and house parties. This was a terrific addition to the series. and neither of them sees that if they're not careful, they'll have no choice but to give up everything. She won't give up her plans he won't give up his power. Soon, Hattie and Whit find themselves rivals in business and pleasure.

He is more than happy to offer Hattie all she desires…for a price.

When he wakes in a carriage at Hattie's feet, Whit, a king of Covent Garden known to all the world as Beast, can't help but wonder about the strange woman who frees him-especially when he discovers she's headed for a night of pleasure. Everything is going perfectly…until she discovers the most beautiful man she's ever seen tied up in her carriage and threatening to ruin the Year of Hattie before it's even begun. But first, she intends to experience a taste of the pleasure she'll forgo as a confirmed spinster. When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year her own, she has plans to inherit her father's business, to make her own fortune, and to live her own life. New York Times Bestselling Author Sarah MacLean returns with the next book in the Bareknuckle Bastards series about three brothers bound by a secret that they cannot escape -and the women who bring them to their knees.

Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean