{"product_id":"much-ado-about-april-the-rake-review-9798250774932","title":"Much Ado About April","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eApril has never been this scandalous\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. Dive into Season II of the wildly popular The Rake Review series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe never meant to provoke him.\u003cbr\u003eHe never meant to stop pretending.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverard Trentham, Earl of Merevale, is done being misjudged. Society insists on seeing him as indulgent and unserious, a reputation he once allowed for the sake of his intelligence work. A rake is rarely suspected of substance. But after being skewered as April's Rake Review target, Ever is finished with the performance and wants out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Isabella Anstruther-Colbrook storms into his carefully ordered life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliant, impulsive, and dangerously bored, Isabella has no patience for matchmaking mamas or relentless family pressure. Marriage is the last thing she wants, and she is more than willing to court a little scandal to keep it at bay. From their first meeting, she sees straight through Ever's carefully maintained façade, and instead of retreating, she proposes a solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA false courtship. Mutual protection.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe gains freedom from the marriage mart. He gains a shield for his privacy and an excuse to withdraw from society without comment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver knows he should refuse. Isabella is perceptive, too alive, and far too tempting to be safe. But she already sees him as he is, not as the role he has played, and the bargain is difficult to resist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as pretense sharpens into something neither of them intended. Attraction deepens. Lines blur. And the lie meant to keep them free threatens to bind them more tightly than truth ever could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA slow-burn, fake relationship, opposites-attraction, age-gap romance featuring a grumpy hero desperate for peace and a sunshine-bright troublemaker determined to avoid the altar at all costs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuch Ado About April\u003c\/i\u003e is Book 4 in the multi-author series \u003ci\u003eThe Rake Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Season II. \u003c\/b\u003eEach month of 2026, a new bachelor will fall prey to the Brazen Belle's poison pen. Be sure to collect all twelve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e The Rake Review,Tracy Sumner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250774932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.34d","brand":"The Rake Review","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440765251839,"sku":"9798250774932","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1aa69917-41f6-48a9-baea-382d08e53cdb.jpg?v=1777184658","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/much-ado-about-april-the-rake-review-9798250774932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}