The Knave of Hearts

When the notorious Duke of Melcombe becomes the guardian of Ravella Shane, he feels no interest in her beyond a rigid sense of duty. Now a wealthy heiress, Ravella finds herself the focus of eager suitors and Society’s sharpest gossip for she is living unchaperoned in the household of a gambler, a womaniser, a man Society neither trusts nor forgives. Blind to the whispers, Ravella worships her guardian and determined to remain at his side, follows him into London’s darkest gaming houses and...