USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Peckham writes steamy historical romances celebrating alpha heroines. Her Golden Heart-winning debut novel, The Duke I Tempted, was named a Best Romance Novel of 2018 by BookPage and the Washington Post. Scarlett lives in Los Angeles, where she enjoys trying to think of new ways to say "wicked", collecting vintage romance clench covers, and dressing her cat up in bowties.
"A refreshing and entertaining romance that bravely stretches the
genre's boundaries." — Stephanie Laurens, #1 New York
Times Best Selling Author on The Rakess
"THE RAKESS is the kind of story that leaves you buzzing, excitedly
advertising it to your fellow romance readers at the
gym/coffee shop/bookstore. Scarlett Peckham has an
elegant and lyrical writing voice and a tremendous gift for
emotional complexity, leavened by a wonderfully sophisticated,
wry sense of humor... a lush, clever, erotic, truly adult
love story, a romance between two brilliant, scarred souls who
risk everything for each other." — Meredith
Duran, USA Today Bestselling Author
“I devoured THE RAKESS by Scarlett Peckham, with its unique role
reversals, passionate couple, and rule breaking. The strong,
brooding heroine rejects Society’s restrictions on a woman and
lives life boldly on her terms. The widowed upstanding hero fights
the pull of desire in order to protect his business and children.
But love can seldom be denied.” — Lorraine Heath, New York
Times and USA Today bestselling author
"Everything I want in a historical romance: smart, sexy and
feminist." — Maya Rodale, USA Today bestselling author on The
Rakess
"The Rakess is a triumph, delicately written and unflinching in
scope. The writing thrums with desire and conviction, and
Seraphina and Adam will leave you aching for more of Peckham's
passionate, progressive romances!" — Sierra Simone, USA
Today Bestselling Author
"A new and soon to be iconic voice in the world of historical
romance, Peckham distinguishes herself as a master of her craft." —
Liz Carlyle, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author
on THE RAKESS
"Passionate, powerful, and flat-out romantic as hell.” — Eva
Leigh, author of My Fake Rake on The Rakess
"Peckham deserves high praise for bravely creating a darker
historical romance, confronting tough subjects such as addiction,
gender inequality, miscarriage, and involuntary
commitment... Highly recommended for those unafraid of a
grittier love story." — Library Journal (starred review)
"This is the first book in Peckham’s new Society of Sirens series,
and like its heroine, it is thrillingly complex and suspenseful.
Peckham’s previously established talent for creating strong-willed
heroines and heroes who respect them shines here along with her
knack for creatively spicy scenes of intimacy. Given how well each
member of the Society of Sirens is developed in this volume,
readers will be anxious to read the next installment. A compelling
historical romance from one of the genre’s rising stars." —
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"The open, exploratory love scenes sizzle with passion balanced by
frank conversations about contraception and the risks of pregnancy.
Peckham never shies away from the bleak realities facing women of
the era while capably making 19th-century sexual politics feel
relevant to today. This rewarding love story is fierce, feminist,
and full of feeling." — Publishers Weekly (starred
review)
"Scarlett Peckham’s excoriating first entry in her new Society of
Sirens series exposes historical romance’s capacity for radical
reinvention... The Rakess pulses with female rage, making
it one of the most electric, vibrantly alive titles on this list.
It interrogates double standards, champions female pleasure, and
propels itself forward with righteous fury. Peckham leans into its
sense of the Gothic with relish, making its sparks of joy all the
brighter and more enticingly dangerous." — Entertainment Weekly (10
Best Romances of 2020)
"Inverting historical tropes and archetypes, the story offers
comedy and catharsis, and ends with a happily-ever-after so perfect
it will make you return immediately to page one." — Washington Post
(Best Romances of 2020)
"Peckham's extraordinary reversal of traditional romance tropes is
a surprising delight, as she launches her Society of Sirens series
with a tale that combines authentic historical detail, a view into
what women's lives were like, given the mores of the day, and
flaming hot, imaginative sex scenes integral to the story." —
Booklist
“I haven’t been this excited about a historical in ages and I am
eagerly waiting for the next installment in this series. The
combination of personal catnip with descriptive language and
complex characterization is spot on. I recommend this for fans of
vocal feminism, found family, angst, and explicit sex in their
historicals. I plan to read my copy many, many times!” — Smart
Bitches, Trashy Books (A- Rating)
"The Rakess is a sexy, feminist, burn down the patriarchy romance
with a delicious role reversal... Peckham lays bare all the
ugliness of how women are treated from gaslighting to slut shaming
to outright misogyny. And although the story is set late in the
18th century, there are elements of it you could easily see unfold
today. Read it, read it, read it." — DailyWaffle
"The Rakess has a strong Gothic flavor with its craggy, stormy
Cornwall setting and interrogation of themes worthy of the Bronte
sisters. But Peckham captures the sublime nature of the Gothic,
while also infusing her storytelling with something breathtakingly
human. There’s a lot of pain on these pages, even if it’s wrought
with a poetic precision, but it makes the sparks of joy feel all
the more palpable in a world so vividly determined to deny it to
women." — Entertainment Weekly (A grade)
"This fierce, feminist series debut flips the typical Regency
romance script... Peckham strikes a perfect balance of
politics, passion, and emotional vulnerability." — Publishers
Weekly (Summer Reads 2020)
"[A] compelling, insightful, sensitive novel..." — New York Times
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