Lady Olivia and the Infamous Rake is a Regency romance written by Janice Preston and is part 1 of the Beauchamps Heirs series. Lady Olivia Beauchamp, an innocent debutante who is in the midst of her first season is rescued by Lord Hugo Alistair, who has a wild reputation within the ton as a rake, after losing at a game of piquet at the Vauxhall Pleasure gardens and having to use her mother' necklace as a means of promising to repay her debt to Lord Cleavdon. Despite not being interested in women Lord Cleavdon is determined to marry Olivia so he can get his hands on her huge dowry, whilst Hugo is determined to stay single. Hugo has to rescue Olivia and Alex from various scrapes and cannot keep away from her. The book culminates in a duel between the two men but will Olivia's father allow her to marry Hugo?
Olivia and Hugo are complex characters. Olivia is a presents herself as a confident, strong willed, spoilt young woman, lots of suitors and a fabulous life as a young debutante, whereas in reality she feels very insecure within her family. Her mother died when she was young, she is seen as inferior to her brothers (she often wishes she had been born a boy) and sees other family members as deserting her when they get married. Hugo has a well deserved reputation within the ton as a rake. He has been trying to lose that title but is determined to stay single. I enjoyed this book, seeing how theses characters and others interacted and grew as the story progressed.
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A BEAUTIFUL read - one I'll be reading too
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