A Rogue by Any Other Name

First in the Rules of Scoundrels quartet. At twenty-one, Michael Lawler, Marquess of Bourne, gambled away his entire fortune in a single hand of cards.

Ten years later, hardened and ruthless, he co-owns London's most exclusive gaming hell—and learns that his lost ancestral estate is now part of the dowry of his childhood best friend, the proper, overlooked Lady Penelope Marbury.

He will do whatever it takes to reclaim what was his, even marry her; but Penelope, worn down by safe and disappointing suitors, wants far more than a cold marriage of convenience. A passionate Regency romance of vengeance, second chances, and a rogue undone by the woman he underestimated.