The Rake's Revenge
By: Emily Hendrickson.
Contributors: Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: Signet Regency romance
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Charming Regina Hawthorne had thought Lord Torrington was planning to offer for her--when he suddenly became engaged to another.
Rakish Lord St. Aubyn sympathized with "Rejected Regina's" situation and solicited her assistance with a family problem, while distracting the gossips from maligning the lovely young woman.
Table of contents: title: Ulterior Motives; title: Regina Hawthorne is an undeniably pleasing and promising young lady. With her beauty, charm, and impeccable background, no one doubts that she'll soon have an offer from the eligible Lord Torrington. But Torrington, apparently, has other ideas, pledging his troth to another--and leaving Miss Hawthorne with a humiliating reputation as "Rejected Regina"!; title: Jules, Lord St. Aubyn is known throughout the ton as a rake--albeit one of extremely good breeding. Upon learning of Miss Hawthorne's predicament, he feels sympathy for the lovely young woman--even as the seeds of a scheme take root. Jules is confident he can find a way to distract gossiping tongues from Regina's plight, in exchange for her help with a particular family problem. He is even willing to risk his rakish reputation--if it means spending more time with Regina....