Rake & The Pearl-Clutcher

A Romance from the Unhinged Historical CollectionMiss Prudence Fairweather has always believed in virtue, restraint, and the healing power of alphabetical order. But when three hellion sisters, a scandalous rake, and one wildly misused settee lead to a very public, very accidental engagement, she finds herself betrothed to the one man guaranteed to send her spiraling into sin: Lord Phineas Markham.Phineas is a rake. Or he was. Or he's trying not to be. It's unclear—he's working through it in a series of confusing, impassioned monologues. Each more dramatic than the last. And each featuring a tragic backstory with entirely new details. Again.Now Prudence must preserve her reputation, deny her increasingly indecent thoughts, and survive a fake engagement with a man who keeps taking his shirt off in emotionally symbolic ways.He's chaos. She's clinging to decorum by her petticoats. And somewhere in the hedges, a goose is watching. Judging.Featuring:An engagement founded on panic and pastryNo fewer than eight contradictory tragic pastsA scandalous under-table incident at teaLiterary fondlingA heroine who keeps saying "e;this cannot happen again"e;And a hero who keeps proving that it absolutely canIf you enjoy historical romance with heaving bosoms, unrepentant ridiculousness, and jokes that get funnier every time they're repeated, this one's for you.