NEVER ROMANCE A RAKE

Liz Carlyle

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN: 9780731810321

Baron Rothewell lives a dark, shuttered existence by day, and a life of reckless abandon by night. Scarred by a childhood filled with torment and deprivation, Rothewell cares very little for anyone or anything. His life on the edge of ruin suits him - until he meets a man who just might be his nemesis. The Comte de Valigny likes to play dangerously, but Rothewell's recklessness is undeterred. Until one night when de Valigny wagers something just a little more valuable than gold: his bastard daughter. Mademoiselle Marchand is a desperate woman in a strange land, and her pleading eyes seem to swallow Lord Rothewell body and soul - assuming he still has one. Now the baron must play his hand with the utmost care, for at last something meaningful is at stake...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Mademoiselle Marchand leaned into him, set her hands on his lapels, and dropped her sweeping black lashes.
• Praise
• ALSO BY LIZ CARLYLE FROM POCKET BOOKS
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Prologue: In the Cane Fields
• Chapter One: In which Rothewell meets the Grim Reaper
• Chapter Two: In which le comte Hosts a Card Party
• Chapter Three: In which a Profitable Proposal is made
• Chapter Four: A stroll in the Garden
• Chapter Five: In which Lord Nash hosts a Betrothal party
• Chapter Six: In which Rothewell Tastes Wedded Bliss
• Chapter Seven: A Slippery Slope
• Chapter Eight: In which Rothewell receives a great deal of Unwanted advice
• Chapter Nine: A Stubborn Silence
• Chapter Ten: In which Chin-Chin goes to The City
• Chapter Eleven: In which Lord Rothewell dines Al Fresco
• Chapter Twelve: The Gathering Storm
• Chapter Thirteen: In which Lady Rothewell stands Firm
• Chapter Fourteen: In which Dr. Hislop steps In
• Chapter Fifteen: A return to Tattersall’s
• Chapter Sixteen: Joyeux anniversaire
• Epilogue: The Tell-Tale Kipper