Merrick the Rake is tasked by Lady Alixe Burke's father with making his bluestocking daughter marriageable! Lady Alixe â more happy in the library than the ballroom â is most definitely left-on-the-shelf material. He'll never walk away from a wager, but Merrick's expertise extends way beyond society etiquette. Never before entrusted with a woman's modesty, Merrick sets about teaching her everything he knowsâŚ