On the Ropes of Scandal

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>When entering into a fight with scandal it's best to roll with the punches fate brings.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mr. Duncan Stapleton Lord Frampton adores the time he spends in the boxing ring as much as he does being a rake in London. He has a natural talent for boxing and with each illegal bout his confidence grows. Though the sport is wildly dangerous and ultimately took his father's life it's the only thing he wishes to do and it's a fat lot better than going into the church as his mother recently suggested... until a powerful jab to the head relieves him of his memories and he's left wandering Cranleigh one early October evening.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Miss Phoebe Bidwell is tired of grieving. With most of her family dead she takes refuge in her aunt's small Surrey bakery but those skills in creating confections don't prepare her when the handsome man she watched box stumbles into her doorway on the street with no idea of who he is or where he came from. Deciding a string of little white lies is acceptable in order to have a bit of happiness for herself she settles into sin with him.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The autumn days fly but when Duncan's brothers descend upon the bakery and tear apart the fake marriage story they demand a surcease to the blatant scandal. Afterward Phoebe and her pretend husband remove to London. Just as his memories slowly come back they are forced to wed for real and life shifts. He wants a return to his rakish life and she's a fish out of water in the </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ton</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> but when two fighters are against the ropes they'll either need to come out swinging or declare defeat especially when the prize is love.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Only they can decide which way to go.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Tropes/themes you'll love:</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Amnesia</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Fake Marriage / Marriage of Convenience</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Rake Redemption</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Working-Class Heroine</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Found Family / Healing Through Love</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Opposites Attract</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Fish Out of Water (heroine in the ton)</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Scandal and Society Gossip</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Boxer Hero / Illicit Sport</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Forced Proximity</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>✅ Slow Burn with Steam</span></p>