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  • Taming of the Rake

  • The Gentleman Courtesans, Book 4
  • By: Victoria Vale
  • Narrated by: Darcy Stark
  • Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Taming of the Rake

By: Victoria Vale
Narrated by: Darcy Stark
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Summary

David Graham loves women - so much that being a gentleman courtesan is more pleasure than business. Having newly inherited a failing country estate, the income to be earned pleasing wealthy women doesn’t hurt matters. When a new, lucrative contract is offered to him, David is happy to take on a new client...until he finds out what she really wants from him.

Widowed and alone, Regina Hurst has no desire to engage in a passionate affair. Finally free and independent from the tyrannical rule of her late husband, she only wants what he could never give her: a child. Hiring a professional courtesan seems like the best way of achieving her aims, but she never expects an arrangement of convenience to blossom into something more.

David sees Regina as frigid and severe, but more time spent in her company reveals a dark and hidden pain. The more she resists the spark of attraction between them, the more he strives to earn her trust and affection. Attachment is against the rules of conduct for a gentleman courtesan, but David is helpless at fighting his burgeoning feelings.

When their time together ends, will he walk away substantially wealthier, putting Regina behind him forever? Or, will he take a chance on turning a mercenary arrangement into something that will last forever?

©2020 Victoria Vale (P)2020 Victoria Vale
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Hot, phew!

Damaged and abused by her late husband, our heroine desperately wants a baby. Our hero, possessor of a highly talented tongue, manages to ruin his relationship with said heroine by using his talented tongue to spout badly chosen words. The narration was good but I found the hero's voice too nasal.

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Another brilliant story

Loved every minute of this story and of the whole series. I don't know which was my favourite as they were all so good. Accept for the bits of the BDSM in Aubrey's and Lucinda's story. But i still really enjoyed their story. . Darcy Stark is a brilliant narrator and makes the story even better. So I will definitely be listening to this whole series again.

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absolutely brilliant

Victoria vale you have done it again thank you you're the best looking forward to listening to the next book 😘😘

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