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More Than A Mistress (2011)

by Ann Lethbridge(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0373296452 (ISBN13: 9780373296453)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin

series

Rakes in Disgrace

review 1: This is the second in the series 'Rakes in Disgrace' and is the story of Charles Mountford, the Marquis of Tonbridge, the identical twin of Robert from the previous story. Charles meets Miss Honor Meredith Draycott, Merry to her friends, one winter night when on his way to one of his Northern estates.Merry has had an accident on the road, her vehicle is in a ditch and Charles, like the very proper gentleman he is stops to assist her. Merry is grateful and offers Charles a bed for the night, hampered by the worsening weather his stay is extended, especially after investigating and discovering that the vehicle has been tampered with. Charles autocratically decides he will protect Merry against her mystery attacker, regardless of her independent spirit and lifestyle. Merry is... more very attracted to Charles and he to her, for this reason she accepts his protection. Merry is a woman in a mans world, she runs the mills left to her by her grandfather and is a very wealthy young woman. It is suspected that somehow her competitors are complicit in the attack on her. To add to this she is attempting to open a home for reformed prostitutes, some of whom she actually has living in her own home, which does not go down well with the townsfolk. The finger of suspicion is pointed in various directions. To protect her further she propositions Charles into entering into a sham betrothal with her in return for her becoming his mistress. After some thought Charles agrees, mainly as with him as her 'husband' this will add credence to her proposal to opening her home and give him the opportunity to investigate further, the danger to her life. In return for this Merry must agree to keeping the 'betrothal' a secret as Charles' Father, the Duke will not approve.The plot line is weak and implausible in my opinion and the rapport between Charles and Merry romantically lacking...infact I found it hard to believe they actually really liked each other. Charles comes across as a 'stiff upper lip' aristocrat and this hardly changes, Merry as a fairly immoral young woman, ok she's an independent woman, answerable to no one, but the fact that she loses her virginity to a stable lad at a fairly early age and is expelled from school in this very highly moral age seems highly unlikely. It is also hard to believe that the stiff and starchy heir to a Dukedom would overlook this fact. Perhaps if we had been left guessing but it is mentioned on several occasions, sorry not convinced. Apart from the foregoing this novel was still a fluffy, easy read, no real nail biting drama and fairly enjoyable if the reader doesn't mind plausibility stretched a bit! 3 stars.
review 2: I enjoyed this book.....a independent woman, Honer Meredith Draycott, who can afford to take care of herself is found on the side of a road by The Marquis of Tonbridge, her phaeton overturned blocking the Marquis from passing. The weather is awful making it impossible for him to go further by the time he escorts her to her home feeling compelled to help her after he learned that her accident of the road was in fact no accident at all he found himself determined to find who was trying to do her harm. Who is going to get saved in the end? less

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