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suzemo's review
2.0
This was a fun little book.
Three separate, yet slightly linked stories that all take place because of a common house (the eponymous Mistress's house). Three fun, bite-sized romance snacks.
I liked the first two stories, but I was not so much a fan of the third. The first two involved women who were maybe a bit damaged, but knew what they wanted and happened to fall in love (where would the romance be without love!). The third story had a young girl and I felt she was too young and naive and annoying.
But for a free book from amazon, not bad.
Three separate, yet slightly linked stories that all take place because of a common house (the eponymous Mistress's house). Three fun, bite-sized romance snacks.
I liked the first two stories, but I was not so much a fan of the third. The first two involved women who were maybe a bit damaged, but knew what they wanted and happened to fall in love (where would the romance be without love!). The third story had a young girl and I felt she was too young and naive and annoying.
But for a free book from amazon, not bad.
nabenn67's review
2.0
This book is actually 3 novellas, all tied around a house that keeps the "mistresses". I love series, but because the stories are so short there is not enough time for proper character development to either care for them or to believe the motives. I thought they were well-written -- though you could see the ending of the 3rd one a mile away -- but I finished not feeling very satisfied. I have read and will read again a Leigh Michaels book, but I will have to stick to the full novels.
blodeuedd's review
3.0
Plot:
This is not just one story, they all connect, but it is actually three stories. In the first we meet Hawthorne who meets a mysterious woman, who wants a lover. But he ends up falling in love with his Lady Anne. In the next story Anne rents out their former love nest (that is just behind their own house) to a friend who meets the Earl's cousin. And then at last Hawthorne gets a ward who causes a bit of scandal of her own in the house.
My thoughts:
After my last book that I could not focus on I was happy to see that this was not the case with this one. It had me reading the three different stories quickly.
How to review it then, since there are three love stories...I must focus on one at a time. The first one is about Lady Anne who is a widow, and does not want a husband, but a lover might do the trick. I liked her, she was aware of things, but a bit broken too, and then there was Hawthorne, yes we do all love a rake. Since the story about the affair is 100 pages long things do happen quickly. And this is an affair so that works well. This was my fave story of the three, and we do see more of them in the two other stories.
The next one surprised me a bit, I thought Felicity was crazy at first, and so thought Colford. That made this story a bit different. There was a broken heart, and lies from the past. She owned a mill up north, he was of noble birth. And then there was something she wanted that I shall not mention. But again she knew what she wanted, and I liked that about her. And he, well he could not believe his luck. So I liked this one too.
To the third story, not so keen about this one. Georgiana was just too young, naive and innocent, and honestly silly. The other two women knew what they were doing but Georgie, no, and cos of that I just thought Julian should have shown a little more (ok a lot more restraint.) But there was one thing I liked about this one and that was the end. Good solid ending. I liked how Michaels kept surprising me.
Recommendation and final thoughts:
In the end, there was two good stories, and one where I was a bit annoyed at the couple. But I still read the story quickly. A nice romance, and lots of passion, because this is a book about mistresses and they have 100 pages to fill so they filled a lot of that time in bed. I was certainly in the mood for a historical romance. If you want some passion with your romance then this one might be for you.
Reason for reading:
Sounded interesting.
This is not just one story, they all connect, but it is actually three stories. In the first we meet Hawthorne who meets a mysterious woman, who wants a lover. But he ends up falling in love with his Lady Anne. In the next story Anne rents out their former love nest (that is just behind their own house) to a friend who meets the Earl's cousin. And then at last Hawthorne gets a ward who causes a bit of scandal of her own in the house.
My thoughts:
After my last book that I could not focus on I was happy to see that this was not the case with this one. It had me reading the three different stories quickly.
How to review it then, since there are three love stories...I must focus on one at a time. The first one is about Lady Anne who is a widow, and does not want a husband, but a lover might do the trick. I liked her, she was aware of things, but a bit broken too, and then there was Hawthorne, yes we do all love a rake. Since the story about the affair is 100 pages long things do happen quickly. And this is an affair so that works well. This was my fave story of the three, and we do see more of them in the two other stories.
The next one surprised me a bit, I thought Felicity was crazy at first, and so thought Colford. That made this story a bit different. There was a broken heart, and lies from the past. She owned a mill up north, he was of noble birth. And then there was something she wanted that I shall not mention. But again she knew what she wanted, and I liked that about her. And he, well he could not believe his luck. So I liked this one too.
To the third story, not so keen about this one. Georgiana was just too young, naive and innocent, and honestly silly. The other two women knew what they were doing but Georgie, no, and cos of that I just thought Julian should have shown a little more (ok a lot more restraint.) But there was one thing I liked about this one and that was the end. Good solid ending. I liked how Michaels kept surprising me.
Recommendation and final thoughts:
In the end, there was two good stories, and one where I was a bit annoyed at the couple. But I still read the story quickly. A nice romance, and lots of passion, because this is a book about mistresses and they have 100 pages to fill so they filled a lot of that time in bed. I was certainly in the mood for a historical romance. If you want some passion with your romance then this one might be for you.
Reason for reading:
Sounded interesting.
especiallybooks's review
4.0
This was a new experience because I have never ventured into romance territory.
brandiwyne4018's review
4.0
Super sexy Regency. Rakes that remind me of Johanna Lindsey's Mallory men. Three interwined but different stories about the goings-on of a fashionable London tonwhouse. Great read and a refreshing break.
ssejig's review
2.0
I don't remember why I got this book. I think it was one of the blogs I read but I can't remember which one. Which is unfortunate, because I would avoid that blog again. This was an okay book but not great. Thank god it was short otherwise I would have been more pissed off. It's a book of three stories, which starts off fine but goes downhill from there. The second story is the only reason this was saved from a single star.
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