Lessons for a Notorious Rake (Society of Scandalous Ladies #2)

She asked a rake for lessons—and found love.

Eleanor Finch has spent years watching her brilliant translations published beneath her father’s name.

Quiet, overlooked and determined to build a publishing house for women like herself, she has learned that invisibility can be useful—until a coded message hidden inside her stolen work leads to a dangerous secret society.

To uncover the truth, Eleanor must enter the scandalous Mercury Club disguised as an experienced widow. Unfortunately, convincing London’s most notorious rake to teach her the art of seduction may be even more perilous than the investigation itself.

Gabriel St. Clair, Earl of Ashcombe, hides sharp intelligence and painful secrets behind an irresistible smile.

He agrees to prepare Eleanor for the club on one condition: their lessons must remain strictly practical.

But as staged touches become real desire and clever flirtation turns into devastating intimacy, Gabriel discovers that Eleanor sees the man beneath his reputation—and she may be the one woman capable of ruining every defence he possesses.

When Eleanor’s scholarship becomes the key to a ruthless conspiracy, she must reclaim her work, her name and her future before powerful men silence her forever. Gabriel can protect her, but only if he learns that love is not another trap—and that surrender means nothing unless it is freely chosen.

A high-steam Regency romance featuring seduction lessons, a notorious rake, a brilliant scholar, secret identities, dangerous conspiracies and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.