Cocky August Rake will be the 8th book in the Rake Review Season 2, a collaborative series that releases one book for every month of 2026. 

Other authors working on the project include: Kate Bateman, Courtney McCaskill, Cecilia Rene, Tracy Sumner, Caroline Lee, Charlie Lane, and more...

Everyone knows debutantes will do anything to marry a duke, but that is only partly why the heir to the Ridgefield Dukedom is going undercover.

For all intents and purposes, the mysterious Mr. Pope is nothing more than an ill-advised prospect—a penniless, albeit handsome rake.

Forbidden—if a girl knows what’s good for her.

As the eldest of seven sisters, Miss Julia Rigsby has one task in life—marry well.

The trouble is, she’s clueless when it comes to flirting. Might she learn a trick or two from the stranger who came to her aid?

Mr. Pope, it seems, is more than capable of teaching the ins and outs of courting, not to mention, easy on the eyes…

Book 4 of The Rake Review—an exciting shared world where a new gossip sheet takes London by storm, raking the rakes of London over the coals...

When the Duke of Dashlington gets stuck into a tiny village during a snowstorm, there is little to do but drink himself into a stupor. The problem? Well, it’s hard to count just one. 

He stumbles into the snow, falls down, and can’t seem to get himself back up again. Imagine the indignity of dying in a snowbank? But when a little Christmas angel comes and rescues him, he can’t resist stealing a kiss. She looks heaven sent and tastes like the sweetest gingerbread. It all seems innocent enough until the next morning when he realizes she was no angel but an eligible lady—and one who might just request marriage as a boon. 

How does a duke get out of such a situation? He lies about his identity, of course. Which means his troubles are only just beginning.

Lady Noelle hasn’t slept properly in months. Which is exactly why she is awake when an unknown gentleman falls into the snow. When he doesn’t rise, she dashes to his rescue, forgetting all about the wish she’d just been making on a Christmas star. A request to help her sisters overcome the loss of their mother. But once she reaches the gentleman, several things become apparent. He’s young, handsome, well dressed, and possibly, her wish come true… Now, if he’d just cooperate.

Book 1 in the Wallflower's Christmas Wish Series, a collaborative series by Annabelle Anders and Tammy Andreson.

Stranded by a snowstorm in Maybridge Falls, the Marquess of Merriweather runs into the last person in the world he wants to see—Lady Eve Bailey. Because the last time he saw the auburn-haired beauty, she stole his heart and then crushed it into a thousand pieces. Lucky for him, he’s over her. It doesn’t matter that she’s more beautiful now, or that gazing into her eyes makes him forget the rest of the world. Let’s not even mention those cinnamon flavored kisses… He’s over her. Really.

With the loss of their mother, and their father’s utter despair, All Lady Eve Bailey and her sisters want is to know happiness again. Unfortunately for Eve, instead of finding a little joy and laughter when Christmas rolls around, she finds Nicholas St. Hope, a flesh and blood reminder of rejection and lost love. A scrumptious reminder indeed… But she won’t fall for him this time! She’s older and wiser now. So why is she baking him pies? And why is she allowing him to remove her stockings?

Book 3 in the Wallflower's Christmas Wish Series, a collaborative series by Annabelle Anders and Tammy Andreson.

Waking up in an unfamiliar place, battered and bruised, the man once known as the heir to the Duke of Lovington has no memory of who he is or the life he left behind. Yet, in the gentle hands of the woman tending to him, he feels a pull—something deep, something important. She tells him he is safe. But she won’t tell him everything.

Daisy Montgomery never expected fate to bring him back into her life—not like this. The boy she once loved is now a man with no recollection of the past that tore them apart. And as she nurses him back to health, she knows it’s only a matter of time before he remembers. Before the truth unravels. Before she loses him all over again.

But what if, just this once, love could rewrite the past?

Sweet Duke of Mine was originally published in 2023 as part of the I Like Big Dukes anthology.

"Your First Kiss holds the answer to all that you desire." The fortune drew only laughter from Matilda Fortune when Madame Zeta, a visiting gypsy uttered the ridiculous words.. At eight and twenty, Tildy's first kiss had long come and gone. As had the gentleman who bestowed it...

The Earl of Willoughby, widowed and lost, has given up on love. Since the death of his wife, he's lived in a fog. In route to London for the season, his mischievous daughters insist upon stopping at a small village to have their fortunes told at a traveling fair. If only he hadn't allowed the gypsy to read his palm. Is it possible, his future is hidden in the past?

Mrs. Ambrosia Bloomington, now a widow, is ready to start a new life amongst Mayfair elites without the overarching reach of her late husband, Mr. Harrison Bloomington. With her trunks loaded safely onto her own private carriage, she’s ready to face the world as an independent woman in Regency London. 

She does not, however, bargain for cocksure Frenchman, Mr. Charles Cochran Bateman coming along and turning her very ordinary journey into the adventure of a lifetime. She does not bargain for his laughter, his enthusiasm, nor his Joie de vie. 

And blast and fiddlesticks, she certainly is not expecting to experience the sparks that charge the air between them. 

And, it seems, apparently, neither is he…

Part of the Cocky Hero Shared World/Cocky Hero Club. 

This book has since been rewritten as The Duke That I Lost. The new version has undergone significant revision and is Book 1 in the Scoundrels with Secrets Series.

Charlotte Drake is failing miserably at her duties as a lady's maid. The Earl of Mapleton is failing miserably at wooing Charlotte's mistress. Perhaps they can fail together... aided by the magic of the season and some harmless mistletoe.