Still hunting for October's rake?
Nov 19, 2024 4:21 pm
Happy November!
I hope you are doing well. It's almost the end of November, so I have a question for you: Did you start reading Christmas books already?
I recently put my Christmas novella up on amazon for a limited time. (Spoiler: You might have read it before. It used to be a part of the Christmas in Cumbria anthology, and I sent it out to my newsletter subscribers for free)
But if you want to support me and grab it officially, click below!
If you read it already, consider leaving a review!
One fortnight to secure her future.
Lady Ophelia Aston must find a husband by the end of the house party—or her father will choose one for her. After five fruitless years on the marriage mart, not a single gentleman of the ton has sparked her interest. That is, until a dark-eyed, roguish Scotsman catches her—literally—and ignites a desire she never expected. He's kind, handsome, and understands her like no other. The whispers that he's the reclusive, wealthy marquess seem too perfect to be true.
They are.
Eugene is no marquess... He's a thief with vengeance in his blood and a score to settle. His plan is simple: get in, steal a priceless heirloom from the duke, and get out. The duke's captivating daughter was never part of the scheme.
But as a blizzard traps them inside and secrets begin to unravel, their forbidden attraction blazes hotter than the fire in the hearth. Now Eugene must choose between his revenge and his heart, and Ophelia between love and the demands of her station.
I have one more Christmas book recommendation from my friend, Emily Windsor.
And of course, I have the Rake review books to recommend.
I can't believe this series is almost over... Tell me, have you read all books in this series?
It had been the moment Elwood Tyburne, the Earl of Belmont, was dreading for months. Ever since that Brazen Belle and her dastardly, Rake Review had started wreaking havoc upon all of his friends and acquaintances—some of which were wrongly accused—he had been in a state of panic. While Elwood would admit that he was a scoundrel, he didn’t care to have the finger of justice pointing directly at him, turning him into some kind of twisted man of prominence, where he couldn’t walk down the street without being heckled. He despised the attention, especially when he hadn’t done anything—lately. In truth, he’d been doing his best to lay low. He hadn’t gone to his favorite gaming hells for weeks, and he had gone so far as to dare to give up his favorite mistress. Unfortunately, it didn’t seem that the intrigue was going to die down anytime soon, and it appeared he was about to have additional trouble in one tenacious lady…
Meliah Newton is on the search for the elusive Earl of Belmont. She has a dream to become a respected journalist, just like the Brazen Belle. She’s convinced that if she could prove that Lord Belmont is a complete ne’er-do-well, she would finally get the recognition she has been longing to obtain. To her dismay, the man seems to be more of a challenge than she expected, but she has never been the sort to give up easily, and she perseveres, finally cornering the rat in his hole. What she hadn’t expected from all this was her flaming attraction to him, nor the way her body melts under his expert touch. She knows he’s only trying to seduce her away from him, but it's only drawing her closer.
He may be Mr. Notorious…
Three weeks in November. Munro Notley told himself he need only survive twenty-one days in London, then his niece would be married, and he could disappear again. He’d been wandering Europe for years now, ever since Beatrice Haddington Barnet rejected his offer of marriage and wed his best friend instead. Now Notley’s brother, the viscount, has demanded his attendance at the family wedding, and Notley just wants to survive the social whirl without acknowledging her. It’s a brilliant plan…until Beatrice, now widowed, is standing before him and Notley makes a drunken confession he can’t take back.
But she’s the one with the nefarious scheme.
Beatrice knew she made a mistake almost as soon as she said her wedding vows. Despite being in love with Munro Notley, she’d rejected his proposal because of his reputation as an irredeemable rake. It turns out her husband was the true rake. A few years after their marriage, he was shot in a duel over a courtesan. Beatrice has vowed never to so much as look at a rake again. When she reads in The Rake Review that Notley is back in London for her niece’s wedding, she plans to stay as far from him as possible. But once she sees him, those broad shoulders and that smoldering smile stir up old feelings. He still wants her, and she can’t deny she wants him too.
Can he pass five wicked tests and claim her five scandalous prizes?
Beatrice will not trust a man so easily this time. If he wants her, Notley will have to pass not one, but five tests. For each challenge he passes, she’s offering a tantalizing reward. But Notley will not have an easy time of it. Beatrice’s wicked tests will prove once and for all whether Notley’s sobriquet as Mr. Notorious is well-deserved or whether he’s reformed his rakish ways.
Have you read my installment from this series? Mad Duke March can be read any month of the year!
Whisky. Plenty of it. Keep it coming…
That’s all that Alexander Blackwood, the notorious “Mad Duke” of London, desires. Determined to waste his life away, he manages to offend even his closest friends. But when he carelessly ruins Miss Emily Fitzwilliam while in a drunken stupor, he finds himself chained to the only woman in England who refuses to fear or fawn over him.
It was the best day of her life… Until it wasn’t.
Emily Fitzwilliam loses everything when she is scandalously ruined by the most notorious rake London has ever known. And worst of all, the bounder refuses to marry her! But the wicked Duke who destroyed her life is about to discover that payback is hell.
A hasty marriage neither party wanted is about to become a passionate battle of wills as two warring hearts are destined to become one flesh… whether they like it or not.
Cheers,
Sadie
