num_pages: 269
description: Sometimes beauty Honoria Blake knows she must have had a moment of madness when she accepted a summons by the Scarlet Pimpernel to travel to revolutionary Paris and help his League. Shes an expert forger and glad her services can be of use but the violence of the Reign of Terror has her longing for her quiet unobtrusive life in London. Then a bloody man staggers to the door of the house where shes hiding claiming he was sent by the Pimpernel. Recently escaped from La Force prison the former Marquis de Montagne is sinfully handsome and charming. Hes also desperate enough to kidnap Honoria. So much for her return to the quiet life. Can be a beast Laurent is a consummate rake but even he is captivated by the beautiful Honoria. Laurent cares almost nothing for his own life but he was always close to the royal family and the little princess was like a sister to him. He will risk everything to save her from a life of imprisonment and possible execution. His plan is risky and surely doomed but if he can convince Honoria and the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel to help him it just might succeed. The only question is how far hes willing to go and whether hes willing to risk the life of the only woman hes ever loved to save a doomed princess.
language: English
title: Taken by the Rake
publisher: None