Mysteries and secrets abound as two men from diverse backgrounds work together to fulfill a dead man's last wish… After being ejected from White's club three years ago, Cecil Mackworth, Viscount Thurleigh, has devoted his life to helping men like him who are in trouble. It's the closest he has been able to come to regaining a place in the society he misses so much. But when he ends up paired with solicitor Austin Haythorne to carry out the most important of their deceased mentor George's will, Cecil falls head over heels in love. But his new lover has secrets…. Austin Haythorne has worked hard against class expectations to make an independent life for himself as a solicitor. But with George's passing, he is left with his business on the verge of collapse. Now, with the mystery of what exactly George wants him and Cecil to do hanging over them and Austin's secret life at a club called Perdition revealed, the very man Austin is falling in love with could spell his ruin. Can the two lovers solve the mystery of George's final wish, or will Cecil's efforts to "help" Austin drive the two men apart? What a Rake Requires is an opposites attract story with a mysterious twist, and involves locks and keys, not necessarily in that order, silk stockings and a corset, a very big, very dusty house, a stuffed chameleon who is a very good listener, a scantily-clad Cupid, help that is no help at all, and a certain gaming club called Perdition. Please Be Advised: Steam Level – Pretty darn hot! This is not your grandma's Regency Romance!The Brotherhood: Origins series consists of:WHAT A DUKE DESIRESWHAT A NOBLEMAN NEEDSWHAT A COURTESAN CRAVESWHAT A RAKE REQUIRES Merry Farmer is an award-winning novelist who lives in suburban Philadelphia with her cats, Torpedo, her grumpy old man, and Justine, her hyperactive new baby. She has been writing since she was ten years old and realized one day that she didn't have to wait for the teacher to assign a creative writing project to write something. It was the best day of her life. She then went on to earn not one but two degrees in History so that she would always have something to write about.
