{"id":24255,"date":"2025-02-14T18:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24255"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:26:31","slug":"the-ruin-of-a-rake-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24255","title":{"rendered":"The Ruin of a Rake"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ruin of a Rake<\/em><\/a> (2017) Cat Sebastian<\/a> (The Turners #3)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Set in London in 1817<\/p>\n

Radnor\u2019s secretary sent Courtenay an infuriatingly proper letter suggesting that Courtenay take himself as far away from Simon as humanly possible until the scandal died down. <\/p>\n

It was heavily implied that the scandal would die down at some point coincidental with Courtenay\u2019s death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Julian felt about Courtenay\u2019s looks the way radicals thought about money: that it was deeply unfair and problematic for one person to possess such a disproportionate share.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The realization that his bouts of illness were going to continue forever, bringing his life to a grinding halt with no warning, had finally dawned on him this past year. There would always be relapses and recurrences; he might not die, but he wouldn\u2019t get better.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Courtenay dragged a large trunk that he placed at Julian\u2019s feet. When the lid opened, it revealed a heap of miscellaneous papers. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just throw everything in there,\u201d Courtenay explained. \u201cDone so for ages now.\u201d <\/p>\n

Julian managed not to rub his palms together in glee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Lord Courtenay Jeremiah Lloyd Alexander Cecil Devere Illingham, Julian Medlock, Lady Eleanor Standish, Lady Montbray, Oliver Rivington, Anne Sutherland, Lucius Barry, Briggs, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Tilbury, Norton, Mrs. Blakely, Sir Edward Standish., Lawrence Browne Earl of Radnor, Simon Browne Viscount Sheffield, Georgie Turner, Jack Turner<\/p>\n

Cover art by Fredericka Ribes<\/p>\n

Publisher: Avon Impulse<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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