Rake romance books
A wicked reputation, a roguish charm, and not the slightest intention of reforming — until he must.
The rake is historical romance's incorrigible scoundrel. A libertine, a gambler, a seducer who's scandalized society and enjoyed every minute, he's charming, dangerous to a lady's reputation, and utterly unrepentant. Where the reformed rake has begun to change, the rake is caught in the act — and the fun is watching the unrepentant rogue blindsided by genuine feeling for the first time.
He's a classic of Regency and Georgian historical romance, all gaming hells, opera dancers, and ballroom scandal, overlapping with the reformed-rake, playboy, and aristocrat types. The romance runs on the heroine resisting his practiced charm and the rake discovering, to his alarm, that he means it this time. The heat tends to run moderate to warm.
For readers who love roguish charm, scandalous wit, and a scoundrel ambushed by love, the rake is historical romance's most delicious bad influence.
- An unrepentant, charming scoundrel of a hero
- A classic of Regency and Georgian historical romance
- Gaming hells, scandal, and a rogue blindsided by real feeling
- Overlaps with the reformed-rake, playboy, and aristocrat types