The Ravenels #1 – Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas

The Ravenels #1 – Cold-Hearted Rake By Lisa Kleypas 386 pages Published by Avon Books (2015) It’s been several months since I indulged myself in a historical romance novel, and more than a year since I read one from Lisa Kleypas. So when I started on Cold-Hearted Rake , it dawned on me how much I had missed reading her novels. As a consequence, I found myself binge-reading the first three of Kleypas’ Ravenels series in rapid succession before I finally managed to halt the progress (I would have devoured all seven books back-to-back, had it not been for some other commitments that I had forsaken while reading the novels 😅). The Ravenels series – set in 1870s England – revolved around the temperamental Ravenel family which had dwindled following the early death of Theo, the Earl of Trenear. Theo died after being thrown off a horse only three days after his marriage, leaving behind his wife Kathleen and his three unmarried younger sisters, Helen, Pandora and Cassandra. With no heir, th