A Lady's Rake

An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy

By: Shannon Wiederkehr

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

A hilarious story full of romance and hijinks, A Lady's Rake is the sequel to A Lady's Scheme and follows along as our heroine is compromised by the man she most despises.

Being forced to debut is terrible enough, but catching the eye of the worst rake in London is far worse, especially when an inopportune incident with said rake forces a public proposal and someone to paint a proverbial target on her back. Can Miss Serpentine Radcliffe develop a scheme in time to stop the wedding or will she lose her freedom or worse… her life?


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*A Lady's Rake is the comical third novel in the Best Laid Plans series of historical romance. If you love romance with strong female leads, humor, and suspense, this book is for you. It's recommended for ages 17+ due to strong language and sexual situations.

Interview with the author:

Q. What makes the Best Laid Plans series so special?

A. It’s a mixture of things, I think. I began writing this series for my friends, detailing what zany adventures our daughters might have had if they’d been alive during the Regency and Victorian eras, plus I wanted to create something I’d enjoy reading myself. I usually choose humor and intrigue, so you’ll see those aspects sprinkled throughout the series. I’m also a sucker for love triangles, second chances, enemies to lovers, strong female characters, and friendship as a whole, so if you can also show me character growth along with it, then I’m a happy reader.

As the series progresses through the Victorian period and beyond, the characters change as do the plotlines whether it’s spies, criminals, amnesia, etc. but the strong female characters and hilarious antics continue on in a way that has been extremely entertaining to write.

Q. What order should I read the books in?

A. Great question! There are a few different options, actually. Book 2, A Lady’s Choice, is a prequel and can be read first, second, or even last, although I’d suggest reading it towards the beginning as those main characters pop up in quite a few of the first books peripherally. Book 4, A Lady’s Wedding can be read after book 1, A Lady’s Scheme, or you can wait and read it after book 3, A Lady’s Rake. The rest (so far) can be read in order.

A Lady’s Scheme
A Lady’s Choice (prequel)
A Lady’s Rake
A Lady’s Wedding
A Lady’s Spy
A Lady’s Refrain
A Lady’s Prose
A Lady’s Resolve
A Lady’s Arrangement
A Lady’s Remedy
A Lady’s Mischief (prequel)
A Lady’s Scream
A Lady’s Adventure
A Lady’s Ambition
A Lady’s Destiny
A Lady’s Deception

The chronological order of the books is as follows if you’d rather read them that way:

A Lady’s Choice (1799)

A Lady’s Mischief (1812)

A Lady’s Scheme (1818)

A Lady’s Scream (1818)

A Lady’s Wedding (1818)

A Lady’s Spy (1823)

A Lady’s Rake (1837)

A Lady’s Adventure (1837)

A Lady’s Refrain (1842)

A Lady’s Resolve (1856)

A Lady’s Prose (1863)

A Lady’s Deception (1876)

A Lady’s Arrangement (1882)

A Lady’s Ambition (1892)

A Lady’s Destiny (1893)

A Lady’s Remedy (1901)

Virtual Voice shot the book in the spine.

The story is pretty good and well written. The world building and character development was well done too.
The MF character has a strong personality with an idea of exactly what she wants to do with her life and she is good at it.
Virtual voice was mostly sorry to actually bad. The dialog was read in a choppy manner. The story had a lot humor written in it but the V. Voice butchered the jokes in a deadpan manner.
I will not buy this particular audio version. But if it is reissued with good narration . Yes I will buy it for my Regency collection because it would rate 5 stars.