TITLE: THE RAKE
SERIES: BOSTON BELLES #4
AUTHOR: L.J. SHEN
GENRE: ROMANCE
PUBLICATION: FEBRUARY 16TH, 2022
Synopsis
Boston’s most infamous femme fatale meets her match in a dangerously mild Englishman who has vowed to never marry in this romantic standalone from Washington Post bestselling author L.J. Shen
Emmabelle Penrose has cruised through life never needing a man, a plan that has worked stunningly well until about five minutes ago, when she decided she must have a baby.
Devon Whitehall is 6’2” of premium DNA, financial security, and British royal titles. Best of all, he fears the one thing she dreads the most: getting hitched.
Emmabelle figures it’s a no-brainer when Devon offers his services—sperm and involvement in her future child’s life.
What begins as an innocent, modern-family arrangement, quickly erodes into a web of lies, dark pasts, and unfurled secrets.
Inside this chaos, Emmabelle and Devon are forced to face the awful truth—they are capable of love.
Even worse, they might feel it toward each other.
My Review
π The Rake π
Is the final full length romance book in L.J. Shen's 'Boston Belles' series. Spoken in 'Dual Perspectives.' Flits from past to present.
This was the one book I'd been highly anticipating, loving this series this author had thrown us in, excited to see what twists would get thrown my way and I was not disappointed, this was embarrassingly inhaled in no time at all.
Instead of an alpha A-hole we're prone to getting Devin Whitehall is like a breath of fresh air, he embodies everything I seek in my hero characters and he was just the right match for Emmabelle Penrose with her sharp tongue and claws for nails everything is on the line for her when she decides to embark on having a child of her own and Devin is her end game.
When it came to her business she was at the top making her the proud owner of a trendy nightclub which offered its clientele burlesque shows. But when it comes to her personally life that's where things aren't running so smoothly. Her biological clock is ticking.
And that's where Devin Whitehall comes into it. These two have got history so it was only right that they would come together to solve both their problems.
With what started off as a convenient way of them both getting what they want out of this unorthodox arrangement as they became entwined lines quickly became blurred and they realised that maybe in the end they wanted the same thing.
These two were perfectly matched. And I'm so glad this series ended on such a high note. This was possibly my favourite in this series. The characters were real, relatable, and the twists and turns had me enthralled speed reading to see how it all would play out.
This was the one book I'd been highly anticipating, loving this series this author had thrown us in, excited to see what twists would get thrown my way and I was not disappointed, this was embarrassingly inhaled in no time at all.
Instead of an alpha A-hole we're prone to getting Devin Whitehall is like a breath of fresh air, he embodies everything I seek in my hero characters and he was just the right match for Emmabelle Penrose with her sharp tongue and claws for nails everything is on the line for her when she decides to embark on having a child of her own and Devin is her end game.
When it came to her business she was at the top making her the proud owner of a trendy nightclub which offered its clientele burlesque shows. But when it comes to her personally life that's where things aren't running so smoothly. Her biological clock is ticking.
And that's where Devin Whitehall comes into it. These two have got history so it was only right that they would come together to solve both their problems.
With what started off as a convenient way of them both getting what they want out of this unorthodox arrangement as they became entwined lines quickly became blurred and they realised that maybe in the end they wanted the same thing.
These two were perfectly matched. And I'm so glad this series ended on such a high note. This was possibly my favourite in this series. The characters were real, relatable, and the twists and turns had me enthralled speed reading to see how it all would play out.
