Rakes Always Kiss First by Catherine Mayfair

Miss Mary Shepherd hopes to find a worthy suitor and is aghast upon meeting one Lord Anthony Greyson. The man is boastful, rude and devilishly handsome. Worst of all, he has stolen a kiss that causes Mary to desire more.
Lord Anthony Greyson knows the rumors concerning him and his rakish ways and cares not. He has spirited many women to his bed, and his eye is now on Mary. Wooing the innocent woman with a kiss, he has no doubt he will soon add her to his list of conquests, and he is certain she will not have the strength to resist.
Upon learning of several unsavory rumors, Mary is tasked to spy on Anthony, and she readily agrees. Doing so will prove she is more than a pretty thing for others to admire. More importantly, she will be able to prove to herself she can resist the rake’s charms.
Anthony soon becomes enchanted with the secretive woman and desires to know more about her and what she is hiding…
And for Mary, she begins to wonder if Anthony is the cruel man about whom the ton whispers. Or is he the gentleman she secretly wishes him to be?