title: Ruined by a Rake: An All's Fair in Love Novella (Volume 1)
author:  Erin Knightley 
description: Despite being an avid reader and closet writer her whole life, Erin decided to pursue a sensible career in science. It was only after earning her B.S. and working in the field for years that she realized doing the sensible thing wasn't any fun at all. Following her dreams, Erin left her practical side behind and now spends her days writing, her mind happily in the Regency period as she types away on her very modern laptop. Now an award-winning and USA Today Bestselling author, she's living her own Happily Ever After in North Carolina with her tall, dark, and handsome husband and their three ridiculously spoiled mutts.<br />For more about her books -- or to see a picture of her wrapped in Mr. Darcy, er, Colin Firth's arms -- visit ErinKnightley.com
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  Ruined by a Rake
  
  A Novella
  
  Erin Knightley
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any
  similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not
  intended by the author.
  
  Ruined by a Rake
  
  Copyright © 2013 by Erin Knightley
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any
  electronic or mechanical means—except in the case of brief quotations embodied
  in critical articles or reviews—without written permission.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  [Dedication](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [Prologue](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [One](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [Two](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [Three](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [Four](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [Five](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [Six](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [Seven](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [Eight](index_split_000.html#filepos25)
  
  [Excerpt: More than a Stranger](index_split_000.html