The Rake's Mistake

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Beauty doesn't always bring true love...</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As soon as charming rake Aubrey Vale glimpses the stunningly lovely Henrietta Gaunt he wants her. But she weary of being pursued merely for her looks proves to be both a challenge and a delight-not least because she comes with a lively family a fiercely protective guardian and a large terrifyingly friendly dog.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And since this is Blackhaven they also encounter a Bonapartist plot and a threat to the life of Henrietta's brother-in-law.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To the gentle Henrietta Aubrey is intriguingly different. A former invalid he now embraces life with unfettered enthusiasm. He affects her like no other man and in his company all her old dreams of a loving husband and family begin to revive.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Aubrey falls so easily he doesn't even notice it happening until it's too late.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then he makes a catastrophic mistake that ruins everything. Forced to reassess his life he juggles making his own way in the world with other people's crises and his own health.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>But will he ever be able to win Henrietta back?</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>One Night in Blackhaven</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Captain's Old Love</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Earl's Promised Bride</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Soldier's Impossible Love</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Gambler's Last Chance</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Poet's Stern Critic</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Rake's Mistake</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Spinster's Last Dance</span></p>