Cold-Hearted Rake Cold-Hearted Rake
Book 1 - The Ravenels

Cold-Hearted Rake

The Ravenels, Book 1

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Publisher Description

Lisa Kleypas is back with a stunning new historical romance!

Readers have long waited for the return of New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas to historical romance—and now she's back with her most breathtaking yet.

A twist of fate . . .

Devon Ravenel, London's most wickedly charming rake, has just inherited an earldom. But his powerful new rank in society comes with unwanted responsibilities . . . and more than a few surprises. His estate is saddled with debt, and the late earl's three innocent sisters are still occupying the house . . . along with Kathleen, Lady Trenear, a beautiful young widow whose sharp wit and determination are a match for Devon's own.

A clash of wills . . .

Kathleen knows better than to trust a ruthless scoundrel like Devon. But the fiery attraction between them is impossible to deny—and from the first moment Devon holds her in his arms, he vows to do whatever it takes to possess her. As Kathleen finds herself yielding to his skillfully erotic seduction, only one question remains:

Can she keep from surrendering her heart to the most dangerous man she's ever known?

GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2015
October 27
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
416
Pages
PUBLISHER
Avon
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
1.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Stanhop3234 ,

Really good!

This was such a good book that I found it very hard to put down. Devon Ravenel has inherited an earldom and a house full of family that he does not want and wants to unload it all and soon. Kathleen the widow has made it her job to stop Devon at every turn. Devon sees Kathleen as the only plus of the whole mess and vows to have her. They have great chemistry but defiantly have a love hate relationship for half the book. Kathleen was left to care of her husbands sisters who by far are three of the brightest stars of the book. Helen and the twins, Cassandra and Pandora were a joy and the antics of the twins had me laughing out loud. I can't leave out West, Devon's brother who was quite the charmer.
The only thing that I did not like was that for most the book I really wanted to kill Devon. He did redeem himself in the end but it was touchy there for a while. I understood Devon's problem. He was handed the one thing he never wanted and didn't realize it was the only thing that would give him a life of selfworth and meaning.
I recommend this and all of Lisa Kleypas' book you can't go wrong.

Sammie14131211 ,

Confusion

Couldn’t get passed the third chapter. He was a little too mean. I am going to read the other books in this series, I love a good sibling series. But yeah whoever wrote this book, ghost writer or Lisa, Devon was a jackass. To the point where I didn’t want to be around him anymore as a reader. There wasn’t anything redeeming in him as a rake. He was just straight up mean 😂

Jüsh15 ,

Origin stories of multiple characters

I read this book after I finished all the others, which I found superb. Like some other reviewers, I had an issue with both of the main characters. I could not get invested in Kathleen or Devon. Since I read reviews that recommended staring with the second Ravenels book, that’s what I did. Now that I’ve finished all of them, I could overlook my issues with Devon & Kathleen and enjoy coming back to the beginning and seeing all the other characters’ “origin stories.” Like most all of the author’s books, it kept me reading with a strong story line. If you loved the other books and/or want to see how it all began, it’s absolutely good for what it is.

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