{"product_id":"the-rake-the-pearl-clutcher-paperback","title":"The Rake \u0026 The Pearl-Clutcher - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVerity Farcett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Romance from the Unhinged Historical Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiss Prudence Fairweather has always believed in virtue, restraint, and the healing power of alphabetical order. But when three hellion sisters, a scandalous rake, and one wildly misused settee lead to a very public, very accidental engagement, she finds herself betrothed to the one man guaranteed to send her spiraling into sin: Lord Phineas Markham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhineas is a rake. Or he was. Or he's trying not to be. It's unclear-he's working through it in a series of confusing, impassioned monologues. Each more dramatic than the last. And each featuring a tragic backstory with entirely new details. Again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Prudence must preserve her reputation, deny her increasingly indecent thoughts, and survive a fake engagement with a man who keeps taking his shirt off in emotionally symbolic ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's chaos. She's clinging to decorum by her petticoats. And somewhere in the hedges, a goose is watching. Judging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn engagement founded on panic and pastry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo fewer than eight contradictory tragic pasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA scandalous under-table incident at tea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterary fondling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA heroine who keeps saying \"this cannot happen again\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd a hero who keeps proving that it absolutely can\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy quirky, character driven historical romantic comedies with heaving bosoms, unrepentant ridiculousness, and jokes that get funnier every time they're repeated, this one's for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53849462636851,"sku":"9798233827648","price":25.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/A4Pdg-9LMV9798233827648.webp?v=1786574110","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-rake-the-pearl-clutcher-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}