Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake: A Novel

Readers will delight in this brand-new trade paperback edition of New York Times bestseller Sarah MacLean's debut novel--featuring her sexy, funny, emotionally rich writing and one of the fiercely feminist heroines that made Entertainment Weekly crown her "the utterly intoxicating queen of historical romance." There are things a lady simply does not do. She does not smoke. She does not fence or attend duels. She does not fire a pistol, and she never, ever sneaks into a men's club for a night of gambling and...other excitements. Calpurnia Hartwell has spent a lifetime following the rules and, as a reward, she's been forgotten at the edges of society, unnoticed...and unsatisfied. So, what's a girl to do, but break the rules and get a taste of the life she's been missing? Once Callie throws herself into a bold new world, she fast realizes a taste won't ever be enough. She's going to need a partner--someone who knows everything about rule-breaking. Someone like Gabriel St. John, Marquess o