Julia Quinn

A Rake (upper-case) knows he is dangerous to women.

Anthony Bridgerton is a Rake.

“Am I so difficult to impress, then?”

He’d spent the last decade as the worst sort of rake, taking pleasure where he may. For as he well knew, life was short and certainly meant to be enjoyed.

he’d not been without a mistress.

Sometimes, he thought wryly, he’d not been without two.

Being a discerning and somewhat organized man, he’d made a mental list of requirements for the position.

Even worse, Mary was gazing at the couple as if she’d like to reserve a church that minute.

The viscount, Kate noted with irritation, was blindingly handsome.

“When you are a mother,” she said loftily, “you will understand what I mean.”

“not unless he’d be willing to put up with severe bodily injury.”