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The Rake's Companion

  • 1980 first published
  • 253 pages
  • ★ 3.2 (4 ratings)

Nina Pykare's The Rake's Companion (1980) is a historical romance and Regency romance novel. The story is set in England, in the Regency era. Characters include Faith Duncan and Earl of Moorshead. It deals with inheritance and succession.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.2 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 17 more have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 253 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The Rake's Companion

Faith Duncan travels north to become a companion to an elderly woman. The Earl of Moorshead suspects that Faith is not what she seems. Faith struggles to do her job and not succumb to the Earl's charms, even as strange events start to haunt the castle's inhabitants.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Faith Duncan
  • Earl of Moorshead

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance
  • Inheritance and succession

Quick answers

Who wrote The Rake's Companion?

The Rake's Companion was written by Nina Pykare and first published in 1980.

What genre is The Rake's Companion?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.

How long is The Rake's Companion?

The median edition has 253 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Rake's Companion?

Readers who like it often enjoy Regency Buck, Thief of Dreams and Cousin Kate.

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