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! In the 90s the face of romance was the Italian cover model Fabio Lanzoni, who broke out of the insular romance fandom into mainstream superstardom, an act that has not been repeated by any cover model since. This is going to be a two part episode, and in part one we are covering Fabio’s rise to fame, the romance authors who loathed him, and how a conservative man uncomfortable with overt sexuality became synonymous with salacious book covers.

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The Reformed Rakes

Harvey Keitel in "The Duellists"

Chels Upton

ERRATIC DUELIST

Substack: The Loose Cravat

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

Substack: Ministrations