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My Favorite Tropes: Reformed Rakes

by Susan S. 11.06.2011

Guest Post by Susan S. For me to describe the reformed rake, I’d have to discuss his past behavior. As a rake (shortened version of rakehell), he was considered the epitome of the bad boy. A man whose immoral conduct would cause a kindly innocent lady to slap him soundly across the cheek. Not that [...]

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12 Pieces of Advice for the Rakish Fellow

by Sandra Scholes 07.28.2011

by Sandra Scholes, guest blogger The Regency rake is a sensual male—smart, streetwise and savvy when it comes to romancing women. His women come in all walks of life too. One moment he is dallying with a young woman, the next with a not-so-innocent lady. Never think though that he is a perfect gentleman, even [...]

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10 Ways for Rakes to Avoid Marriage

by Sandra Scholes 07.13.2011

by Sandra Scholes, guest blogger It’s not easy to avoid the eight-letter word, but if you rakes follow these gems of advice, you will soon be dallying with the girls you want rather than being married off to some wealthy father’s drab daughter. Whether it’s your time spent in the local gin house with ladies [...]

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Review: Love and Scandal by Donna Lea Simpson

by Keira 07.09.2011

A lady in Victorian times had little options when it came to acceptable jobs. Writing novels was simply not one of them and certainly not publishing them. That’s why Collette Jardiniere hides her authorship of The Last Days of a Rake behind the pseudonym Collin Jenkins. That is until some trumped-up peacock of a rake [...]

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Review: How to Seduce a Scoundrel by Vicky Dreiling

by Keira 07.09.2011

Summary: Lady Julianne Gatewick has received twelve proposals but never one from the man she loves. This year he’s bound to propose, she’s certain of it! Marc Darcett, Earl of Hawkfield, Hawk to his friends, finds himself in a most unwanted position… that as guardian to his best friend’s younger sister. A rake in charge [...]

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Review: The Silver Squire by Marry Brendan

by Keira 06.17.2011

Marry a horrible abusive philandering man or risk absolute ruin by running away? Tough choice… not! Spinster Emma Worthington has waited this long for romance and there’s no way her family’s dire straights will force her into an unwanted marriage to a creep. She packs her bag and races to an old suitor in hopes [...]

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Review: How to Engage an Earl by Kathryn Caskie

by Keira 06.05.2011

Kathryn Caskie spins a delightful tale in How to Engage an Earl. My only complaint is the hero’s name. I mean really, Laird? I can’t decide if I am supposed to pronounce it like Lard, Lord, or L’AIR-ed. Apparently, Laird is a Scottish name, if that helps anyone else figure out how to say it. [...]

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Review: Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

by Keira 05.28.2011

Lord of Scoundrels opens in the hero’s youth. We learn very quickly that life was not pleasant to Sebastian. His mother left him with his father while she ran off with another man (a scandal if I ever heard of one!) He was bullied, tortured, and ridiculed constantly at school. He was rejected because of [...]