Rescued by the Rake by Annabelle Anders

Rescued by the Rake on April 19, 2022
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Regency
Pages: 298
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An independent spinster and a wounded Army Captain never expected to get caught, but nature has a way of catching up with even the most determined of single persons...

Miss Chloe Fortune understands marriage for what it is--an institution where women willingly hand over their rights to the man they marry. She is, however, open to other arrangements...

The last thing Captain Sterling Edgeworth wants or needs is a wife. Especially not one as prickly as Miss Fortune. But that doesn't curtail the possibility of another sort of alliance with the mouthy wench... Something temporary. Something that won't demand he participate in a binding ceremony.

But is an affair going to be enough for either of them? And even if it is, have they already gone too far?

Rescued by the Rake is book four in Miss Primm’s Secret School for Budding Bluestockings. Although I think this book is very well written, I found one aspect in particular to be troubling. There are numerous steamy scenes throughout that border on “coquin” encounters. The heroine is even given a “safe”word. I just felt it went too close to the edge for me.

Chloe Fortune has made some decisions that have come back to haunt her. Will Captain Edgeworth choose to forgive her? I think the characters grow and develop well. Not my favorite book in the series, but a well written story.