title: The Dutiful Rake
author:  Elizabeth Rolls 
description: Rolls pens a story . . . with poignancy and sensuality. -- <i>Romantic Times, July 2004</i>
  						    	
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  Copyright © 2020 by Deb Marlowe
  
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  Cover design by Lily Smith
  
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  To Tammy
  
  for sharing information, laughs and secrets
  
  and for being a quiet, necessary cheerleader
  
  and with many thanks to
  
  Ruth Atkinson, who suggested Poppy’s name
  
  and to
  
  Lori Meehan, for her suggestion to name the tavern the Crown and Cock
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Series of Unconventional Courtships
  
  Love Me, Lord Tender
  
  Nothing But a Rakehell
  
  and
  
  coming soon
  
  Kiss Me, Lady, One More Time
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > CONTENTS
  
  > [Chapter 1](index_split_006.html#filepos6285)
  
  > [Chapter 2](index_split_007.html#filepos33083)
  
  > [Chapter 3](index_split_008.htm