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The Scandalous Brides

by Suzanne Enoch

The Scandalous Brides series by Suzanne Enoch has 4 known books (4 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with A Beginner's Guide to Rakes (2011).

Books
4 known books (4 novels)
Published
4
First published
2011
Status
completed
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Start here: A Beginner's Guide to Rakes (2011) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of A Beginner's Guide to Rakes

A Beginner's Guide to Rakes (2011)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. A Beginner's Guide to Rakes

    Novel

    A Beginner's Guide to Rakes (2011) opens Suzanne Enoch's Scandalous Brides, its mock-self-help title setting the tone for a run of unconventional Regency heroines who land matches despite polite society's disapproval.

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  2. Taming an Impossible Rogue

    Novel

    Taming an Impossible Rogue followed in 2012, matching the opener's 352 pages exactly and continuing Suzanne Enoch's running joke of titles that read like mock self-help guides for managing a particular kind of Regency man, here paired with another unconventional heroine too outspoken for polite society's comfort.

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  3. Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke

    Novel

    Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke, also published in 2012, keeps the same 352-page length as both books before it -- a third consecutive entry to do so -- continuing the Scandalous Brides' tongue-in-cheek guide-book framing around a new independent-minded heroine's courtship.

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  4. The Handbook to Handling His Lordship

    Novel

    The Handbook to Handling His Lordship (2013) closes the quartet at 336 pages, the only one of the four to break from the recurring 352-page count, wrapping up Suzanne Enoch's set of self-contained Regency courtships tied together by their knowingly self-help-styled titles.

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About The Scandalous Brides

The Scandalous Brides follows a set of unconventional Regency heroines -- each a little too outspoken, too independent, or too unconcerned with propriety for polite society's comfort -- as they each land a match anyway. A Beginner's Guide to Rakes (2011) opens the series, followed by Taming an Impossible Rogue (2012) and Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke, also 2012, with The Handbook to Handling His Lordship (2013) closing out the run.

The series' titles lean into a running joke -- each one reads like a mock self-help guide for managing a particular kind of Regency man -- that ties the four otherwise-independent courtships together with a consistent, knowing tone.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in The Scandalous Brides series?

Four: A Beginner's Guide to Rakes (2011), Taming an Impossible Rogue (2012), Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke (2012), and The Handbook to Handling His Lordship (2013).

What connects The Scandalous Brides books?

Each follows an unconventional Regency heroine landing an unlikely match, tied together by a tongue-in-cheek 'how-to-guide' framing in each title rather than a continuing plot.

Do I need to read The Scandalous Brides in order?

Not strictly -- each book follows a different heroine with a self-contained romance, though publication order is the conventional sequence.

Is The Scandalous Brides connected to Enoch's other series?

No -- it's a standalone series, unconnected to her Adventurers' Club or Scandalous Highlanders books.

Is a fifth Scandalous Brides book planned?

None has been announced as of August 2026. A title sometimes listed as a fifth entry, The Wicked One, could only be confirmed as part of a 2014 omnibus collection rather than as a standalone release, so it isn't tracked here as a separate book.

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