«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 newspaper

«I've always loved alternative histories, and Wicked by Design by Katy Moran is a luscious, swashbuckling gallop through a Cornwall reigned over by the Empress Josephine»

Woman & Home

«Sweeping and romantic, with a hero to rival Ross Poldark, Wicked By Design is a fantastic and compelling novel that draws you in and paints a glorious alternative St Petersburg, keeping you hooked until the end»

Imogen Edwards-Jones

«A swashbuckling, sparkling world of a novel... with a mad, bad and dangerous-to-know hero'»

Suzannah Dunn

«Excellent writing and characterization... with special mention for Hester: a fizzing-with-life, believable and resourceful heroine if ever there was one»

Daily Mail

«Passionate, smart and action-packed... Stuffed full of heart-pumping romance'»

Sarah Hughes

«A thrilling, sexy romp through brilliantly reimagined history. Hester is one of my very favourite heroines and it's probably best not to ask what I'd like to do with Crow... Totally absorbing'»

Holly Hepburn