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May the Best Rake Win
(2026)(The fifth book in the Rake Review Season 2 series)
A novel by Caroline Lee
A spy posing as a rake. A wallflower who knows too much. One wager that blows his cover wide open.
Sir Kenneth Fraser is London's most notorious Scottish rake — and that reputation is the only thing standing between him and exposure as a Crown agent. When he's nearly caught rifling through an earl's study, he needs a distraction. Fast.
His solution: a wager. Court Miss Barbara Fokette, the Ton's most stubborn wallflower, and no one will question his motives. May the best rake win.
Miss Barbara Fokette has spent years turning her twisted foot and razor-sharp intellect into the perfect excuse to avoid Society entirely — and spend her time where she belongs, among her collection of Egyptian antiquities. She is not interested in being courted, charmed, or won.
She is, however, very good at spotting a forgery.
When Kenneth realizes that Barbara's expertise is the missing piece of his case, the wager stops being a cover story. But he started this pursuit for all the wrong reasons — and the smartest woman in London is going to figure that out.
Warning: This hot, hilarious historical rom-com features a rake with a secret, a bluestocking with a truly unusual family, a scandalous wager, and one very improper use of a chaise longue.
May the Best Rake Win is book five in the multi-author series The Rake Review, Season Two.
Tropes: Rake/Wallflower · The Wager · Witty Banter · Bluestocking Heroine · Secret Agent Hero · Secret Identity · Rom-Com · Disability Rep
Heat Level: Spicy Tone: Comedy, Adventure Series Type: Standalone Ending: HEA POV: Dual POV, Third Person Content Notes: innuendo/puns, mild peril, physical disability
Genre: Historical Romance
Sir Kenneth Fraser is London's most notorious Scottish rake — and that reputation is the only thing standing between him and exposure as a Crown agent. When he's nearly caught rifling through an earl's study, he needs a distraction. Fast.
His solution: a wager. Court Miss Barbara Fokette, the Ton's most stubborn wallflower, and no one will question his motives. May the best rake win.
Miss Barbara Fokette has spent years turning her twisted foot and razor-sharp intellect into the perfect excuse to avoid Society entirely — and spend her time where she belongs, among her collection of Egyptian antiquities. She is not interested in being courted, charmed, or won.
She is, however, very good at spotting a forgery.
When Kenneth realizes that Barbara's expertise is the missing piece of his case, the wager stops being a cover story. But he started this pursuit for all the wrong reasons — and the smartest woman in London is going to figure that out.
Warning: This hot, hilarious historical rom-com features a rake with a secret, a bluestocking with a truly unusual family, a scandalous wager, and one very improper use of a chaise longue.
May the Best Rake Win is book five in the multi-author series The Rake Review, Season Two.
Tropes: Rake/Wallflower · The Wager · Witty Banter · Bluestocking Heroine · Secret Agent Hero · Secret Identity · Rom-Com · Disability Rep
Heat Level: Spicy Tone: Comedy, Adventure Series Type: Standalone Ending: HEA POV: Dual POV, Third Person Content Notes: innuendo/puns, mild peril, physical disability
Genre: Historical Romance
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