London's Last True Scoundrel Brooke, Christina

Christina Brooke drops you straight into Regency London's glittering ballrooms and smoky gentleman's clubs, where reputation is everything and the Marquis of Steyne has thoroughly destroyed his. A rake with a devil-may-care attitude and zero interest in redemption, Steyne's carefully maintained bad reputation serves a purpose — until Lady Rosamund Westruther, a society beauty with her own secrets, decides he's exactly the scandalous ally she needs. What starts as a mutually beneficial arrangement spirals into something neither of them planned for. Brooke writes with wit and heat, delivering sharp banter alongside genuine emotional stakes. The pacing moves, the chemistry crackles, and both protagonists are smart enough to be interesting. This is historical romance that knows what it's doing: give readers a scoundrel worth caring about, a heroine who won't be tamed, and sparks that could set the Thames on fire.