The Rake's Patient Governess
(2026)(The first book in the Reformed Rakes of Mayfair series)
A novel by Daphne Bloom
A rake who needs reforming. A governess who sees exactly who he is. And an eight-year-old who refuses to let either of them off the hook.
When Edmund Vane inherits guardianship of his late brother's daughter, he arrives at Ashford Park with no idea what to do with a grieving child, an estate in disrepair, or the governess who hands him a written contract on day one and proceeds to be the most inconvenient person he's ever met.
Clara Pemberton has survived four years in difficult households by keeping her distance. Edmund has survived thirty-four by being exactly what everyone expects. Lily, age eight, has survived considerably worse — and she is paying close attention to both of them.
Late evenings in the library. Honest conversations that go further than planned. A villain with a legal case built from true things, aimed at Lily's inheritance and Clara's reputation alike.
One of them will have to risk everything. The other will have to become someone new.
The Rake's Inconvenient Ward is a slow-burn Regency romance full of wit, warmth, and the particular joy of watching a man learn, for the first time, what he is actually capable of.
🌶️🌶️ Heat level: Slow burn, fade-to-black. All the tension, none of the explicit.
Genre: Historical Romance
When Edmund Vane inherits guardianship of his late brother's daughter, he arrives at Ashford Park with no idea what to do with a grieving child, an estate in disrepair, or the governess who hands him a written contract on day one and proceeds to be the most inconvenient person he's ever met.
Clara Pemberton has survived four years in difficult households by keeping her distance. Edmund has survived thirty-four by being exactly what everyone expects. Lily, age eight, has survived considerably worse — and she is paying close attention to both of them.
Late evenings in the library. Honest conversations that go further than planned. A villain with a legal case built from true things, aimed at Lily's inheritance and Clara's reputation alike.
One of them will have to risk everything. The other will have to become someone new.
The Rake's Inconvenient Ward is a slow-burn Regency romance full of wit, warmth, and the particular joy of watching a man learn, for the first time, what he is actually capable of.
🌶️🌶️ Heat level: Slow burn, fade-to-black. All the tension, none of the explicit.
Genre: Historical Romance
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