The Bedding Proposal
The Rakes of Cavendish Square
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4.4 • 61 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From New York Times bestselling author Tracy Anne Warren, the first in a series about the most dashingly dangerous men in London. Pay a call to the most seductive address in London and meet the Rakes of Cavendish Square...
Lord Leo Byron is bored with the aristocratic company he keeps; he needs a distraction, preferably in the form of a beautiful new female companion. So when he sets eyes on fascinating and scandalous divorcée Lady Thalia Lennox, he’s determined to make her intimate acquaintance. But the spirited woman seems to have no intention of accepting his advances no matter how much he chases—or how hard he falls...
Once a darling of Society, Thalia Lennox now lives on its fringes. The cruel lies that gave her a notoriously wild reputation have also left her with a broken heart and led to a solemn vow to swear off men. Still, Leo Byron’s bold overtures are deliciously tempting, and, for the first time, she finds herself wondering whether it just might be worth the risk to let the attractive rake into her life—and her bed...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The inaugural volume of the Rakes of Cavendish Square begins with an embarrassing display of amateurishness that undermines Warren's lighthearted prose. Identical twins Leopold and Lawrence Byron, younger siblings of earlier Warren protagonists, engage in wooden dialogue that lays out their shared history in an awkward infodump. Warren regains form when Leo puts the moves on Lady Thalia Lennox, a lush and allegedly wanton divorc e. Thalia, set up years before by a vicious husband to take the fall in their very public split, is an intelligent and appealing heroine. Though vulnerable, she demonstrates strength and pragmatism when pushed to a decision. Her stereotypical yielding to Leo's domineering blandishments is not a surrender but a process of identifying what Thalia herself wants, and accepting the consequences of taking it. Regency period details are scant and Warren ignores the plot-generating potential of identical twins, but the core will-she-won't-she tension mostly manages to carry the day.
