{"product_id":"rakes-reward-joanna-maitland-9781913915254","title":"Rake's Reward","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRAKE'S REWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 3 of Unsuitable Matches series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKit Stratton, handsome playboy, lucky gambler, notorious rake-with a score to settle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Marina Beaumont arrives in London, she expects to become the demure companion to Lady Luce, a reclusive old lady in her declining years. But after five years in exile in Vienna, Kit Stratton is back England, bent on taking his revenge on Marina's employer, the old harridan who caused his disgrace and banishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn her very first evening, Marina is taken to a gambling hell where Lady Luce loses a fortune to Kit Stratton, the handsomest man Marina has ever set eyes on.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the most dangerous, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnless Kit can be persuaded to forgive the debt, Marina will be packed off home without a penny of the wages her impoverished family so desperately needs. What choice does she have? Scandalous though it is, Marina must meet Kit Stratton alone to beg him not to claim the debt.\u003cbr\u003eSurely a gentleman will be open to persuasion? Especially by a lady?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Kit Stratton is a notorious rake. Is he a gentleman at all?\u003cbr\u003eAnd what reward will a rake demand in return for Lady Luce's debt of honour? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevised edition of the novel originally published by Harlequin S.A. in 2003\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook 3 of Unsuitable Matches Series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanna Maitland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913915255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913915254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanna Maitland Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Joanna Maitland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487363248383,"sku":"9781913915254","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ec29dd1-85d4-4914-869a-f47ac1374c43.jpg?v=1778060054","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rakes-reward-joanna-maitland-9781913915254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}