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description: Debut author Annabelle Greene brings us the brilliant first book in her Society of Beasts series in which a quiet country vicar is unwillingly reunited with the duke who left him long agoAs a young man Sir Gabriel Winters left behind his status as a gentleman turning his back on his secret desires and taking a self-imposed vow of celibacy. Now hes a chaste hardworking vicar and his reputation is beyond reproach. But try as he might hes never forgotten the man he once desired or the pain of being abandoned by his first love.Edward Stanhope the Duke of Caddonfell is a notorious rake delighting in scandal no matter the consequence. With a price on his head he flees to the countryside forced to keep his presence a secret or risk assassination. When Edward finds Gabriel on his estate burning with fever he cannot leave him to die but taking him in puts them both in jeopardy.With the help of a notorious blackmailer a society of rich and famous gentlemen who prefer gentlemen and a kitten named Buttons they might just manage to save Edwards lifebut the greatest threat may be to their hearts.
language: English
title: The Vicar and the Rake
publisher: Carina Press