Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

By: Sarah MacLean

Narrated by: Carolyn Morris

A lady does not smoke cheroot. She does not ride astride. She does not fence or attend duels. She does not fire a pistol, and she never gambles at a gentlemen's club.

Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has always followed the rules, rules that have left her unmarried—and more than a little unsatisfied. And so she's vowed to break the rules and live the life of pleasure she's been missing.

But to dance every dance, to steal a midnight kiss—to do those things, Callie will need a willing partner. Someone who knows everything about rule-breaking. Someone like Gabriel St. John, the Marquess of Ralston—charming and devastatingly handsome, his wicked reputation matched only by his sinful smile.

If she's not careful, she'll break the most important rule of all—the one that says that pleasure-seekers should never fall hopelessly, desperately in love . . .

Loved this Story!

This was a fun listen with plenty of funny situations. It is about a women tired of the sterotype she's forced to live within to be acceptable in a society of shallow cookie cutter women. She finally decides to be her own woman since she isn't acceptable enough to marry within the ton and the result of this decision is enough to give her brother and Gabriel St. John gray hair as they strive to protect her from herself! Great Story and a Fun Listen!

Wow!

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I have never listened to anything like this before. The sexual tension between Callie and Gabriel is extraordinary and listeners will applaud at the end -- for love wins all hearts. The narration was truly excellent. The story, though highly improbable, engages the modern woman with the life of the historical woman who had so little freedom and risked so much. Highly entertaining!

SUPERB! listened straight through.

Loved every minute of this book!
Such great escapism!
The Spinster and the Rake
The Passion and the chemistry!
The Minx and the man!
He didn't have a chance........but she was the best thing that could have happened to him.

Very good read.

The character Callie was real. The story was well developed. It was a pleasure to read.

Callie is sooooo adorable

I love it when a wallflower tries to regain some power and control over her life and tries to live her life the way that makes her happy when society does not approve it. I enjoyed every minute of this book. So parts of it are a bit forced by having the hero run into the heroine every time she decided to cross something off of her list but if you try and go beyond that you’ll find the story heart warming. A must read