Mr. Jordan Trent, the spare, was raised to be a rake. Not only did his father encourage his roguish life, but insisted that Jordan do nothing except enjoy the life of women, gambling and fine brandy – the life his father had wanted. It is a life Jordan enjoyed until he realized something, or someone, very important was missing.
Miss Audrey Montgomery had been warned to avoid rakes like
Jordan Trent but fell under his spell like so many ladies before her. She should have known better and vows to
protect her heart whenever he is near. If only his kisses weren’t so delicious
it would be so much easier.
A Reluctant Rake is the fifth Tenacious Trent Story. If you wish to catch up on the family, the stories appear in the following order:
Compromised at Christmas is a short novella featuring John Trent and can be found in either A Summons from His Grace or
Scots, Spies and Salacious Lies
Miss Elizabeth Whitton craved
excitement and adventure. Unwilling to endure one boring Season after another,
she convinces her uncle in the Home Office to let her work for him. * John
Phillip Trent has been spying for the Home Office in the stables of Tuileries
as Jean Pierre Bouvier for more than two years, his only English contact –
Lisette Renard a servant girl inside the palace. * When a summons from the Duke
of Danby slips through the proper channels, both Elizabeth and John’s covers
are compromised. To escape the palace and France with their lives, they’ll have
to depend on each other and the miracle of Christmas. (Compromised at Christmas was original published in A Summons from His Grace) This is the
first story in the Tenacious Trents Series.
A Misguided Lord
It is time for Clayton Trent, Earl
of Bentley, to take a bride. He knows
exactly what he needs and the type of lady who should become his Countess. His life is orderly, scandal free and exactly
the way it should be until Miss Eleanor Westin careens into him, upsetting the
perfect balance of his world. She is
everything his father said he should not marry.
Yet, he cannot put her from his mind, not even when a decade old scandal
threatens the very foundation of his family.
Miss Eleanor Westin has spent her life in the country on
the brink of poverty and raising her siblings after the death of her parents
until her grandfather finally decides to do his duty and brings her to
London. Eleanor simply wants to find a
gentleman who is willing to take on her family in the bargain. Love is not even a consideration if she can
land security. Unfortunately, the only
gentleman who has made any offer is Lord Bentley, and he will never do. If only he would stay out of her dreams so she
could forget him and his intoxicating kisses.
A Perfect Gentleman
Matthew
Trent always knew what was expected of him and that was to become the Perfect
Vicar and a Perfect Gentlemen. When Grace Cooper enters his life he is forced
to face what he really wishes to become.
Grace Cooper has three options for
marriage available to her in the small village where she resides. However,
Grace would rather be placed on the shelf than enter into a miserable union.
When someone threatens her father and
then makes an attempt on her life, it is Vicar Trent who vows to protect her
and brings scandal to her doorstep, upsetting the delicate balance of both of
their worlds.
A Lass for Christmas (Novella)
Lady Madeline Trent had
grand plans for her future until she learned her family’s awful secret. When a
fall through an icy lake lands her in the arms of a handsome Scot, her future
is more unsure than ever.
Lachlan Grant, the
Marquess of Brachton, may hold an English title, but he's a Scot through and
through. He's bound and determined to marry a lass just as Scottish as he is,
at least until his fate is altered one snowy night.
A Lass for Christmas is a novella of
approximately 27,000 words and the fourth story in the Tenacious Trents series.
