A Rake’s Guide to Seduction by Caroline Linden will be released 3 June 2008 by Zebra Books.
To paraphrase Sybil, We have a contest! We have a contest! We have a contest! (sang to “nanny nanny boo boo” or “neener neener neener” – whichever comes to you first)
Anthony Hamilton is the most scandalous man in London, a gambler, a fortune hunter, an infamous rake. Celia Reece is sure he’s never had one thought of her, except as his friend David’s younger sister. Who would ever guess she’s the only woman he’s ever loved…and can never have…
You can read an exclusive excerpt here. We have three ARC’s of A Rake’s Guide to Seduction to award to three lucky readers. To enter, you must answer one of Devon’s discussion questions of doom…{Contest is over. Thanks for entering!}
What is a rogue? How do they differ from rakes? Gimme some great rogues!
Great rogues? Are you too young to remember Scaramouche? Born wth the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.
A rogue is a rake, but he has a heart. A couple of great rogues are Roarke from La Nora’s In Death books, Sebastian St.Vincent.
To me a rake is a man who cannot commit at all to a woman and has had affairs with a large number of women. I think the rake is seen as poor husband material. A rogue is a man who doesn’t do exactly what his family wants, has had some affairs but he is charming and family and friends forgive him when he doesn’t do what they want.
IMO, a rogue is a good man who isn’t too popular (in the eyes of the ton) that gets scorned for doing scandalous things. A rake is a man who is popular with the ton that is looked up to and heralded when he does the same sort of scandalous things.
I’ve not read the book yet, but from what little I’ve read on the internet, Jack Audley from Julia Quinn’s upcoming The Lost Duke of Wyndham would be a rogue.
Huh… My intinsctive reaction when I read the questions was, ‘Wait, there’s a difference between rake and rogue?’ For the little French girl that I am, these words were always synonyms. ;-D But thanks to the above comments, I think I understand a little better now. Following those lines…hmmm… One of my favorite rogues (and to be honest, the only one I can think of at the moment – been reading too many contemporaries and paranormals lately, I guess) would be Lord Harold Throwbridge, in Stephanie Barron’s Jane Austen mysteries series. Aloof, wry and mysterious, more or less the family black sheep, but here and there his guard would go down and you,d understand how much he did care. Oh, would Marcus in Lisa Kleypas’ IT HAPPENED ONE AUTUMN qualify as a rogue too? Love, love, love him too. Misunderstood by many (including Lillian in the beginning), but hiding so much passion and love behind his stony facade… *Sigh*
I think a rogue is more playfully mischeivous whereas a rake is rather immoral. Don’t know why I am picturing the character of Han Solo in period costume and thinking rogue…or would he just be a reformed rake?
Oh I love stories like this! In my opinion, a rogue is someone who’s a bit naughty – less jaded than a rake – and possibly/not necessarily related to seducing innocents or having a lot of sex. Also, possibly someone who thumbs his nose at society.
Oh, man…I read tons of historical romance books and I can’t really think of what the difference is between a rake and a rogue. My first thought was a rake is a little worse than a rogue in behavior. They both are appealing in fiction..not in real life so much. lol Devil Cynster from Stephanie Lauren’s Devil’s Bride is a very memorable rogue.
I was going to give away five. But forgot I needed to give one to a reviewer. Then I decided to be greedy and had to keep one so it was three 🙂
uh… good luck!
ohhhhhhhhhhhh did someone say Sebastian St.Vincent.
I have an excerpt with him in it *g*
I think of a rogue as being dangerous, an outcast, doesn’t follow the rules or the law, like a pirate, smuggler or a thief, not quite honorable in all things but does have his own moral code. I’d call Christopher St. John (Passion for the Game by Sylvia Day) a rogue.
Hm…. I always think of a rogue as someone who doesn’t necessarily have a “title” while a rake normally is an earl or duke, etc. Rogues could be younger sons, etc.
Hmm. . . to be perfectly honest, I always used rake and rogue interchangeably. . . but I like some of the responses that I read scrolling down. I might end up thinking of them differently when I read now. Alas, my first thought of a rogue was Han Solo, but he’s been taking. . . hmm. . . although in the books we read, rakes and rogues always end up falling in love with one woman and marrying them, another thought was James Bond is something of a rogue, just will never see the marrying part (again) LOL.
Lois
Good discussion! I tend to think of a rogue as softer, not in a bad way, but like others said more likely to be naughty than heartless.
Han Solo=total rogue
Scaramouche? Makes me think of Bohemian Rhapsody. Now I’ll have that durn song in my head again.
Harry Braxton from Connie Brockway’s As You Desire.
Where do Scoundrels fit into the mix? 🙂