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The Return of the Rake
(2025)(The third book in the Venturesome Ladies of Little Valentine series)
A novel by Emma V Leech
His past made him a legend. Her touch might make him a man worth loving.
Jasper King has never belonged in the picture‑perfect village of Little Valentine. Illegitimate, unwanted, and far too handsome for anyone’s peace of mind, he’s the perfect target when a local girl claims he fathered her child. With scandal snapping at his heels, Jasper flees to London''only to rise from the gutters of St Giles as the infamous King of the Rookeries, a man feared for his fists and desired for all the wrong reasons.Years later, a debt of honour drags him back to the last place he ever meant to see again. Hiding a young lady from danger should be simple… until Jasper walks into The Mermaid’s Tale and meets its new owner, Mrs Anne Adamson. Elegant, sharp‑tongued, and entirely too perceptive, she’s everything a reformed rake should avoid—and the only woman who looks at him as though she sees the man beneath the scars.
Anne has no patience for trouble. Unfortunately, trouble arrives in the shape of a broad‑shouldered, brooding protector with a sinful smile and a talent for making her forget her good sense. And when danger closes in, Jasper will risk everything—his secrets, his hard‑won power, even his heart—to keep her safe.
In a village full of gossip, grudges, and second chances, can the King of the Rookeries win the one woman who tempts him beyond reason… or will the sins of his past destroy their chance at love?
Genre: Historical Romance
Jasper King has never belonged in the picture‑perfect village of Little Valentine. Illegitimate, unwanted, and far too handsome for anyone’s peace of mind, he’s the perfect target when a local girl claims he fathered her child. With scandal snapping at his heels, Jasper flees to London''only to rise from the gutters of St Giles as the infamous King of the Rookeries, a man feared for his fists and desired for all the wrong reasons.Years later, a debt of honour drags him back to the last place he ever meant to see again. Hiding a young lady from danger should be simple… until Jasper walks into The Mermaid’s Tale and meets its new owner, Mrs Anne Adamson. Elegant, sharp‑tongued, and entirely too perceptive, she’s everything a reformed rake should avoid—and the only woman who looks at him as though she sees the man beneath the scars.
Anne has no patience for trouble. Unfortunately, trouble arrives in the shape of a broad‑shouldered, brooding protector with a sinful smile and a talent for making her forget her good sense. And when danger closes in, Jasper will risk everything—his secrets, his hard‑won power, even his heart—to keep her safe.
In a village full of gossip, grudges, and second chances, can the King of the Rookeries win the one woman who tempts him beyond reason… or will the sins of his past destroy their chance at love?
Genre: Historical Romance
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