Mary Brendan 
Regency Season: Ruined Reputations 
The Rake’s Ruined Lady / Tarnished, Tempted and Tamed

His to tame…The Rake’s Ruined Lady Beatrice Dewey has had rotten luck when it comes to men – her first love, Hugh Kendrick, is lost to her forever and now her new fiance has cancelled their wedding! Suddenly Hugh returns trailing rumours of illicit affairs. Beatrice is amazed when the dashing rake greets her with a public, very passionate kiss. If she succumbs to his skilful seduction, surely it is the ultimate road to ruin…Tarnished, Tempted and Tamed After being kidnapped by highwaymen, Fiona Chapman is a tarnished woman or so the gossips have it. Nevertheless, she’s not about to succumb to the seduction of her rescuer, Major Luke Wolfson. After all, isn’t he one of her abductors‘ cohorts? She won’t submit and become his, not unless he’s prepared to make a more honourable proposal!