Breaking the Rake's Rules

Breaking the Rake's Rules
Bronwyn Scott

BEING BAD HAS NEVER FELT SO GOOD! The first time Miss Bryn Rutherford meets Captain Kitt Sherard he scales her balcony and kisses her breathless! And, after years of trying to behave, she can’t help but think Kitt’s piratical wildness is just what she needs. So when she must venture across the Caribbean seas only one man will do…Daredevil Kitt agrees to help – as long as Bryn plays by his rules. And that means hands off! Except when they’re trapped together aboard, the chemistry between them hits fever-pitch. Now it’s only a question of who’ll break the rules first! Rakes of the Caribbean: sun, sand and sizzling seduction!

RAKES OF THE CARIBBEAN

Sun, sand and sizzling seduction

Notorious rogues Ren Dryden and Kitt Sherard used to cut a swathe through the ton, but they were too wild to be satisfied with London seasons and prim debutantes.

Now they’ve ventured to the sultry Caribbean to seek their fortunes…and women strong enough to tame them!

Ren meets his match in spirited Emma Ward. Relish their seductive battle of wits in

PLAYING THE RAKE’S GAME

Already available

Kitt has never met a woman as unconventional as Bryn Rutherford. Enjoy their scorching chemistry in

BREAKING THE RAKE’S RULES

Available now

And look out for the Mills & Boon

Historical Undone! eBook CRAVING THE RAKE’S TOUCH Already available

You won’t want to miss this sizzling new series from Bronwyn Scott!

AUTHOR NOTE (#ulink_1bfdd9e1-0213-517a-9725-6900af61d231)

I hope you’re enjoying the Rakes of the Caribbean mini-series, featuring my sexy new heroes Ren Dryden and Kitt Sherard. Kitt’s story is set against the riskier side of life in a British colony in the nineteenth century. Not nearly as regulated as life in England, the Caribbean offers plenty of room for adventure and rule-breaking—two things Kitt is very good at. You might have met him first in Ren’s story—PLAYING THE RAKE’S GAME.

I always like to learn a little something when I read, so let me share the historical setting for Kitt’s story. It is an economical one. Up until 1836 English pounds were not allowed for import to the Caribbean, so most debts and purchases were paid for in barter and trade (usually rum or sugar), or with Spanish and Dutch currencies. In June of 1836 a charter was granted to establish a British bank in Barbados. I’ve placed the fictional Rutherford as the envoy charged with carrying out that commission and organising a board of directors. It is true that the bank would have been a joint stock bank, which means it was an investment bank. History shows that the bank in Barbados soon led to the establishment of a network of British banks through the Eastern Caribbean.

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Breaking the Rake’s Rules

Bronwyn Scott

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

BRONWYN SCOTT is a communications instructor at Pierce College in the United States, and is the proud mother of three wonderful children (one boy and two girls). When she’s not teaching or writing she enjoys playing the piano, travelling—especially to Florence, Italy—and studying history and foreign languages.

Readers can stay in touch on Bronwyn’s website, www.bronwynnscott.com (http://www.bronwynnscott.com), or at her blog, www.bronwynswriting.blogspot.com (http://www.bronwynswriting.blogspot.com)—she loves to hear from readers.

For Flo, my awesome editor, who really massaged this book into excellence and took time to make it a meaningful story with a strong life lesson: you can’t outrun your past, so you might as well embrace it. Thanks to Flo, Kitt Sherard does it in style.

And thanks to my agent, Scott Eagan, at Greyhaus Literary Agency, who also had to put up with all my rewrites. There were lots of fits and starts and you were kind enough, patient enough to argue with me about all of them. It is much appreciated.

Contents

Cover (#u291d3040-034b-51a3-9ecc-0e874eb48c21)

Introduction (#uad647c4f-b23b-5341-810d-5f90b9df9075)

Author Note (#ub53b93d1-c3cd-5cf4-a7ee-8877183822f3)

Title Page (#ud01a0317-80b8-5e45-957c-2c1380522767)

About the Author (#u575e4c0f-d270-5130-b4df-138f3b8a1d95)

Dedication (#uc567e56d-93dd-51b0-9d29-043f54820889)

Chapter One (#ud690bf4d-3ecb-5b97-9e3c-7190c5082205)

Chapter Two (#u0b23e9b3-2255-5127-9e36-6be1c4bc22af)

Chapter Three (#u4e31ebed-44dc-5ea2-9e7a-e32f76a90f3e)

Chapter Four (#u3f81c4b1-91bb-58ec-aca2-166f7850d241)

Chapter Five (#u46677611-a71a-5bb9-abcc-ed1b1ecd16b6)

Chapter Six (#u838ad757-9760-5da4-a8fb-f3e319ee2e02)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)