The Rake

The requisite happy ending was not a reality at the end of this book. Even the epilogue did not leave me with a warm and fuzzy feeling. It reminded me a little of the ending in Balogh's "Dancing With Clara" because the rake was not sure that he was reformed. Otherwise, the storyline in "The Rake" was worth following. The novel pulls you in from the beginning with an early morning duel. The "son" of the wronged man takes his father's place in a duel and is injured by Sebastian, Duke of Brabourne. Sebastian directs servants to take the injured boy to Sebastian's home for medical care. Much later Sebastian finds out the boy is Juliet Smythe-Clyde, daughter of the man he was to duel. Word gets out from Juliet's unscrupulous, man-hungry, society climbing step-mother about Juliet being in Sebastian's house and Juliet suffers the snubs and shunning of the ton.

Much of the story revolves around Sebastian trying to raise Juliet's standing in society's eyes. He does not trust women at all and we find out why along the way - one can't help but sympathize with his lonely childhood. As much as Sebastian tries to avoid it, he is forced to save Juliet's reputation by marrying her.

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