And Now a Word from The Brazen Belle

May 15, 2026 1:21 pm

Lovely readers!

Would you like a little sneak peek of Jealous Rakes and June Mistakes? I thought I'd share my Brazen Belle column with you. In it, she describes my hero, Remington Ives, whom you've already met in Caroline Lee's May the Best Rake Win! Enjoy!

Dearest Readers,

I have been summoned. Like a goddess of old, I heard my name on the lips of a libertine. The gossip says this lothario believes himself of such substantial rakish quality that he should appear in these pages. Rakes of this sort are as easy to come by as grass in a field. Conceit and big mouths as common to them as smoldering eyes and naughty hands. Though it is terribly enticing to disappoint him, I have decided to be magnanimous.

And though I had another man in mind for June’s rake, I shall celebrate the loud-mouthed lothario’s sins instead.

I should have gotten round to you soon enough, Mr. R___ I___.

They say the talented ingenues who trod the boards of his stage also bounce the boards of his bed. Often. And it is this author’s opinion that the ladies who are so terribly busy under his employ cannot be blamed for small moments of weakness. Though he cannot be called pretty, he is certainly magnetic, a rough-hewn demigod with a penchant, I hear, for baring more skin than he should behind closed theatre doors.

And everywhere else, to be sure. I know I am not the only one who spied his recent indecent exercise in the Serpentine. The gentleman must be allergic to linen. Or perhaps he considers the physique he’s cultivated learning swordplay for his productions as simply too impressive to be hidden behind polite garb. Or it could be that his valet has quite forgotten to dress him some mornings. Either way, a walk near Drury Lane (or Hyde Park) may very well end with a peek at a finely sculped male chest.

Before I put my readers, and myself, in dire need of our smelling salts, let me enumerate his many flaws—a loud mouth, a propensity toward foul language, a decided lack of loyalty to the fairer sex, and an ego rather larger than London. It seems this self-made man believes he is unstoppable. He shall have every pound, accolade, and woman to be had from now till eternity.

If this author’s pen can achieve one thing in this year of our Lord 1822, let it be to dim this rake’s gas lamps and knock him right off his own stage.

If all the world’s a stage and men and women merely players, Mr. R__ I__ might do well to discover what kind of play he’s in. Comedy? Or tragedy? Pride does, after all, always come before the fall.

Remain, dear readers, ever brazen,

The Brazen Belle

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