Welcome to Reformed Rakes. We’re a historical romance podcast steeped in depravity. Tune in if you’re a gun slinger, kissable spinster, or a second son with a chip on his shoulder.

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Recent Episode

Listen to our latest episode! One Burning Heart is the latest book in Elizabeth Kingston’s 13th century medieval series, Welsh Blades, and it is a Reformed Rakes favorite. The book opens on a perfunctory sex scene that could be the stuff of nightmares. Margaret has been married to William for six years, and he's decided to tamper down his ill-concealed loathing for his wife in order to beget an heir. While William married Margaret for strategy, what he doesn’t know is that Margaret also married him for strategy. One Burning Heart is an achingly romantic tale that tackles ancestry, loyalty, and doubt, and Margaret is one of the most compelling historical romance heroines we’ve ever come across.

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The Reformed Rakes

Harvey Keitel in "The Duellists"

Chels Upton

ERRATIC DUELIST

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Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton in "A Tale of Two Cities"

Emma Kearney

DISGRUNTLED BARRISTER

Substack: Restorative Romance

James Spader in "Pretty in Pink"

Beth Haymond

THE SECOND SON

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