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23/08/2021

The Rake of Hearts (The Games of Gentlemen #2) by Emily Windsor. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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When the heart is afire…
By his own admission, Lord Ernest Brook is a rake. With sapphire gaze, sinfully handsome looks and a duke for a brother, the pleasures of London have come with ease…apart from one.
Ever since the gauntlet of her first wintry dismissal was thrown, the widowed Hebe Lock has stirred his deepest desires, but just what would it take to woo such a woman?

Sparks will fly.
Hebe Locke has vowed to never again fall for a scoundrel after her brief marriage to one left her broken and haunted.
Now she finds comfort with paintbrush and canvas, but as a female artist in a male world, commissions are as rare as a ballroom without rakes.

A castle of enchantment.
As the heat of late summer warms the land, an ancient, moated castle plays host to a widow and a rake, both concealing passions contrary to their reputations.
But as Lord Ernest awakens Hebe’s desire and thaws her frozen emotions, can she hold true to her vow?
Or can this rake win the one heart he yearns for?

Sensual Regency romance with warmth and wit, this tale also includes a disreputable aunt with a secondary love story, Cotswold country fairs, sinful masquerades and...a goat.
 


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Widow Hebe Locke is starting to enjoy life again,  but she still suffers nightmares and her heart is sorely wounded. Our heroine shields herself with an icy demeanor. Her art is what she really enjoys.  
Lord Ernest Brooke has a reputation as a rake and London society has thoroughly embraced him.  Even though he's having a good time his heart is in the countryside with his horses. 
This is a beautiful historical romance where our author paints a picture just as well with her words as our heroine with her sketches. The characters both young and old are lots of fun.  A wonderful trip into the bucolic charms of life in the country. 
I loved it. 


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Emily grew up in the north of England on a diet of historical romance and classical mythology.
Unfortunately, you couldn’t study Georgian slang or the Regency London Season, so she did the next best thing and gained a degree in Classics and History instead. This ‘led’ to an eight-year stint in engineering. 
Having left city life, she now lives in a dilapidated farmhouse in the country where her days are spent writing, fixing the leaky roof, battling the endless vegetation and finding pictures of well-tied cravats.

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