The Novelist’s Rake by Ava Douglan

She’s written a mega-bestseller. But when her hero springs off the page, will it end with happily-ever-after?

Regency Romance author Catherine Paige pours her heartbreak into her passionate pages. Recovering from a brutal breakup and with her next book’s deadline looming, she writes her ex into her narrative and hopefully out of her mind. But instead of being “the end,” his fictionalized alter-ego takes a magical leap out of her manuscript and into the real world.
Daniel Lockhart has spent his whole life looking for an easy jackpot. So when he’s pulled into a strange new future, he’s determined to stack the deck in his favor and charm his way to the top. And even a pretty lady who claims she can help him will not convince him to change his scoundrel ways.
Frustrated that the man before her is still a work-in-progress, Catherine endeavors to guide him to the grand finale she penned. But as Daniel veers wildly off script, they both realize they’ve got to read between the lines to heal their own stories.
Can Catherine and Daniel turn their tales of woe into a truly fulfilling, happy ending?