The Rake Review: Season 2 Series by Courtney McCaskill, The Rake Review

He’s no cupid. He’s the devil. Lucian Deverell has spent the last two years philandering his way across the Continent. Not that Lady Rosalie de Lacy cares a whit! She has done her best to forget the torrid moonlit kiss she once shared with the black-haired Lothario. Lucian might be the only man who has ever made her heart race. But he crushed her fragile hopes the very next day, then promptly left England to begin his legendary spree of debauchery... moreHe’s no cupid. He’s the devil. Lucian Deverell has spent the last two years philandering his way across the Continent. Not that Lady Rosalie de Lacy cares a whit! She has done her best to forget the torrid moonlit kiss she once shared with the black-haired Lothario. Lucian might be the only man who has ever made her heart race. But he crushed her fragile hopes the very next day, then promptly left England to begin his legendary spree of debauchery. What the devil is the Rake Review? It was the letter that changed his life. It turns out that Lucian’s sanctimonious cousin, Lysander, was born on the wrong side of the blanket. This means that, instead of being penniless and untitled, Lucian is the rich and influential Viscount Valentine. Upon hearing the news, Lucian decamps for England to claim what is his. Lucian is unsurprised to learn that his reputation back home is as black as his thick, glossy hair. But thanks to some insipid gossip sheet, the ladies of London seem to regard him as dashing instead of degenerate! He has neither time, nor interest, in playing their charming Lord Valentine. Lucian has come back to London for one reason—revenge. And he means to start with Lady Rosalie…. Lord Valentine's Rotten February is book 2 in the multi-author series The Rake Review, Season Two. A new bachelor will fall prey to the Brazen Belle's poison pen on the first day of each month in 2026. Be sure to collect all twelve! less

April has never been this scandalous. . Dive into Season II of the wildly popular The Rake Review series. She never meant to provoke him. He never meant to stop pretending. Everard Trentham, Earl of Merevale, is done being misjudged. Society insists on seeing him as indulgent and unserious, a reputation he once allowed for the sake of his intelligence work. A rake is rarely suspected of substance... moreApril has never been this scandalous. . Dive into Season II of the wildly popular The Rake Review series. She never meant to provoke him. He never meant to stop pretending. Everard Trentham, Earl of Merevale, is done being misjudged. Society insists on seeing him as indulgent and unserious, a reputation he once allowed for the sake of his intelligence work. A rake is rarely suspected of substance. But after being skewered as April’s Rake Review target, Ever is finished with the performance and wants out. Then Isabella Anstruther-Colbrook storms into his carefully ordered life. Brilliant, impulsive, and dangerously bored, Isabella has no patience for matchmaking mamas or relentless family pressure. Marriage is the last thing she wants, and she is more than willing to court a little scandal to keep it at bay. From their first meeting, she sees straight through Ever’s carefully maintained façade, and instead of retreating, she proposes a solution. A false courtship. Mutual protection. She gains freedom from the marriage mart. He gains a shield for his privacy and an excuse to withdraw from society without comment. Ever knows he should refuse. Isabella is perceptive, too alive, and far too tempting to be safe. But she already sees him as he is, not as the role he has played, and the bargain is difficult to resist. What begins as pretense sharpens into something neither of them intended. Attraction deepens. Lines blur. And the lie meant to keep them free threatens to bind them more tightly than truth ever could. A slow-burn, fake relationship, opposites-attraction, age-gap romance featuring a grumpy hero desperate for peace and a sunshine-bright troublemaker determined to avoid the altar at all costs. Much Ado About April is Book 4 in the multi-author series The Rake Review, Season II. Each month of 2026, a new bachelor will fall prey to the Brazen Belle’s poison pen. Be sure to collect all twelve. less