Cover of Flaming June

Flaming June

Emma V. Leech

Rogues & Gentlemen #10

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A disgraced lady with nowhere left to turn makes a desperate choice — and finds an unlikely salvation.

Character Archetypes
Microtropes
Representation
M/F
Content Warnings
suicidal ideationpregnancy/baby loss

Description

When the beautiful Lady Isabella Scranford finds herself in the family way and her lover refuses to do the honourable thing, she knows her life is at an end. With a reputation for being a cold-hearted bitch, there will be no sympathy for her, only shame and ridicule. Finding that even her best - and only - friend refuses to be associated with her any longer, Isabella decides she cannot go on and makes a fateful decision.

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