INVITATION by Darcy Burke

Title:  INVITATION
Series:  The Phoenix Club #0.5
Author:  Darcy Burke
Publisher:  Zealous Quill Press
Publish Date:   04.07.2021
Category /Genre:  Historical Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  A – near perfect
Received from:  Darcy Burke (as an ARC gifted copy)
Goodreads link: Invitation
Date completed: 04.01.2021
 
Description from the publisher:
Society’s most exclusive invitation...

Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London’s most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances.

When Tobias Powell, the Viscount Deane, loses the young lady who’s stolen his heart to a pompous heir to a dukedom, all of Society is abuzz with his failure. As a scandal further blackens his reputation, he decides to become the rogue everyone believes him to be.

After courtesan Mirabelle Renault’s older sister marries her protector and is given the cut direct by the very Society who demands respectability, Mirabelle loses hope for her own future. Knowing she can no longer serve as a man’s paramour, she is determined to forge a new path—until she realizes that most doors are closed to her.

Carefree bachelor Lord Lucien Westbrook has lost his mistress and gained his autocratic father’s scrutiny now that his older brother is about to wed. Challenged to do something worthwhile, he launches an exclusive club, where Lucien helps those in need, no matter who they are or where they come from. One never knows who they will meet at the Phoenix Club…
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INVITATION is the first book in the Phoenix Club series and a prequel.  This is a short introduction to the club and the characters that will be important to the coming series.
 
There is no beginning-middle-end story here.  Instead this is a wonderful way to get to know the background behind this unique club and why it is so exclusive.  I know I am now intrigued and looking forward to my first visit when IMPROPER comes to my kindle in a month. 
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via NetGalley, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
The Phoenix Club Series:
            0.5 Invitation
1.      Improper (releases 05.25.2021)
2.      Impassioned (releases 08.24.2021)
Also from Darcy Burke:
·   The Magic of Mistletoe
Legendary Rogues series:
1.      The de Valery Code
2.      Romancing the Earl
3.      Lord of Fortune
4.      Captivating the Scoundrel
Love Is All Around Series:
1.      The Red Hot Earl
2.      The Gift of the Marquess
3.      Joy to the Duke
Ribbon Ridge Series:
1.      Only in My Dreams
2.      Yours to Hold
3.      When Love Happens
4.      The Idea of You 
5.      When We Kiss 
6.      You’re Still the One 
Secrets & Scandals Series:
1.      Her Wicked Ways
2.      His Wicked Heart
3.      To Seduce a Scoundrel
4.      To Love a Thief
5.      Never Love a Scoundrel
6.      Scoundrel Ever After
So Hot Series:
1.      So Good
2.      So Right
3.      So in Love
The Spitfire Society Series:
1.      Never Have I Ever with a Duke
2.      A Duke Is Never Enough
3.      A Duke Will Never Do 
The Untouchables Series:
            0.5 The Bachelor Earl
1.      The Forbidden Duke
2.      The Duke of Daring
3.      The Duke of Deception
4.      The Duke of Desire
5.      The Duke of Defiance
6.      The Duke of Danger
7.      The Duke of Ice
8.      The Duke of Ruin
9.      The Duke of Lies
10.  The Duke of Seduction
11.  The Duke of Kisses
12.  The Duke of Distraction
The Untouchables: The Pretenders Series:
1.      A Secret Surrender  
2.      A Scandalous Bargain
3.      A Rogue to Ruin
Wicked Dukes Club Series:
2.      One Night of Surrender 
4.      One Night of Scandal 
6.      One Night of Temptation 
 

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