Two people who have survived the best way they know how. MacLean digs deep into their psyches to show us what is really buried beneath the hard exterior they show the world. Heavily character driven, our protagonists are well defined with quicksilver personalities, passionate natures, and tragic shadowed pasts. A story of betrayal and redemption that allows for a realistic journey from hatred to love. No Good Duke Goes Unpunished is a dark emotional historical romance that batters at the heart with harsh repeating blows. Now Temple must decide if vengeance is worth losing everything he never knew he wanted. As Temple and Mara dance around the lies, pain, and attraction, Temple realises that the circumstances that led to that night twelve years ago are far more complicated than he imagined. Temple wants to humiliate Mara for what she has done to him. He has suffered for twelve years and now he has his revenge in hand to do with what he pleases. She will reveal herself, letting London and the world know that he did not kill her, effectively restoring Temple’s honor and his place in society if he will forgive her brother’s debt. She approaches Temple with a proposition. With her new life hanging in the balance, she needs her money desperately. And though she knows her actions caused his downfall, she is unable to feel much regret. She never expected Temple to be accused of her murder when she set her original plan in motion. Mara Lowe never planned on returning to London but when her brother gambles away her fortune at Temple’s gambling hall, she is forced back into the world she ran from. But the only thing he wants and can’t have is redemption. Money, women, and fame drip from his fingertips. For twelve years, Temple has reigned over the darkest parts of London bare knuckle boxing in penance for his supposed crime.

Nicknamed the Killer Duke, William, now calling himself Temple, along with three other disgraced men, operate a gambling hall named the Fallen Angel.

Unable to remember what has happened, he finds himself accused of killing his soon to be step mother, Mara Lowe.įorced to leave his birthright, a new man rises from the ashes of his former life of privilege. William, The Duke of Lamont, wakes one morning only to discover himself laying in an unknown bed, covered in blood. No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (The Rules Of Scoundrels, #3) by Sarah MacLeanįavorite Quote: “Aren’t we all victims of fate?”

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