Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

Women don't smoke tobacco products. She doesn't take the lead. She doesn't go to duels or fence. She never gambles at a gentlemen's club and she never pulls a firearm.

Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has never been married and is somewhat dissatisfied with her life since she has always followed the rules. She has thus made a commitment to disobey the law and have the fulfilling life she has been lacking.

But Callie will need a willing companion if she wants to dance at every dance and sneak a midnight kiss. Someone who is an expert at violating the law. Someone like the Marquess of Ralston, Gabriel St. John, who was charming and breathtakingly attractive, with a sinister grin that only rivaled his terrible reputation.

The most crucial rule of all is that pleasure-seekers should never fall hopelessly, terribly in love, and if she's not cautious, she'll violate it.