The Rake of Hearts (The Games of Gentlemen #2)
Emily Windsor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
4.33
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Open door [?]
· 12 ratings · 299 pages · Published: 23 Aug 2021
By his own admission, Lord Ernest Brook is a rake. With sapphire gaze, sinfully handsome looks and a duke for a brother, the pleasures of London have come with ease…apart from one.
Ever since the gauntlet of her first wintry dismissal was thrown, the widowed Hebe Lock has stirred his deepest desires, but just what would it take to woo such a woman?
Sparks will fly.
Hebe Locke has vowed to never again fall for a scoundrel after her brief marriage to one left her broken and haunted.
Now she finds comfort with paintbrush and canvas, but as a female artist in a male world, commissions are as rare as a ballroom without rakes.
A castle of enchantment.
As the heat of late summer warms the land, an ancient, moated castle plays host to a widow and a rake, both concealing passions contrary to their reputations.
But as Lord Ernest awakens Hebe’s desire and thaws her frozen emotions, can she hold true to her vow?
Or can this rake win the one heart he yearns for?
Sensual Regency romance with warmth and wit, this tale also includes a disreputable aunt with a secondary love story, Cotswold country fairs, sinful masquerades and...a goat.
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The 'The Games of Gentlemen' series
4.08 · 33 ratings
victorian · regency · england · third-person-pov · dual-pov · m-f · betrayal · independent heroine · united-kingdom · british-isles · open-door · length-medium · historical · tortured heroine · class difference · small town · abduction · sassy heroine · royalty · working class heroine
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