About the book
The Rake's Bride - In which Jack Merlin, a
rake who believes that even virtue has its price, meets
Miss Theodosia Shaw, who is hunting a fortune...
When Jack Merlin is
called upon to extract his cousin Bertie from an
undesirable match to a scheming older woman, he finds
himself intrigued. Not only does Miss Thea Shaw bolt at
the altar but she has five younger siblings to care for
and has no time for Jack and his rakish tendencies. Yet
when they are thrown together Jack finds himself
reforming against his will and Thea feels her prejudices
slipping...
The Rake's Bride was published in the anthology Regency Brides
in the UK in October 2002 and in the anthology The Love Match in the US also
in 2002.
It was reprinted as Regency weddings in the
Queens of Romance series in 2007.