The Rakes Bargain, Lucy Ashford
The Rakes Bargain, Lucy Ashford
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The Rake's Bargain

Author: Lucy Ashford

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/27/2017


Synopsis

The stage is set Deborah O'Hara loves her life, leading her troupe of actors. But when she becomes entangled in a web of secrets spun by the rakishly handsome Damian Beaumaris, Duke of Cirencester, she is forced to play the hardest role of her life: that of the stunning but disloyal Paulette, the duke's widowed sister-in-law. To regain the honor of his family, Beau needs Deb's help. But despite his intentions to let nothing distract him from his plan, he doesn't bargain on the forbidden sparks that fly with his beautiful leading lady . "Outrageous, interesting and tremendous fun."-Fresh Fiction on The Outrageous Belle Marchmain

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

This book felt really schizophrenic. The two main characters sine-waved back and forth between different extreme behaviors with no in-story justification for the shifts. And the plot felt extremely contrived in places, like the author really wanted to portray a particular scene and jumped through wh......more

Goodreads review by Ann

An actual story for a change!......more

Goodreads review by Marsha

A girl in disguise manages to ensnare a duke traveling incognito. With this play off Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, the stage is set for misunderstandings, betrayals, bitterness, sibling love, misplaced love, escapades and escapes. There’s no mention of the Bard in the blurb, making this reader’s di......more

So I’m 1 for 2 with my Harlequin Historicals experience, which I guess is par for the course, but I was hoping this would be another good one, but alas this was more of a dud. The opening scenes were pretty good and starts out with really the most action of the whole novel. There is a theft, a near e......more

Goodreads review by Margib

A quick but entertaining book The heroine was young but intelligent. The hero was less likeable but believable. Interesting story with a couple of diverting plot twists. I would have enjoyed having another chapter or two to be see how happily ever after was actually achieved.......more