Mistress or Courtesan

Review: Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh

by Marcia 06.12.2011

by Marcia, guest reviewer Lady Paget, Cassandra Belmont is rumored to have killed her husband—with an axe. She is in terrible financial straits and must find a rich man who can support her and her household; Alice her companion and former governess, Mary the housemaid and cook, Belinda, Mary’s illegitimate daughter and Roger the three [...]

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Review: The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

by Keira 06.09.2011

I have wanted to read this book for a while. I can’t tell you how happy I am that I finally did read this book! As I closed the book, I was gushing. There were so many aspects of this story that I liked, it’s hard to find any to point out as negatives, but [...]

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Review: Ripe for Pleasure by Isobel Carr

by Aggie S. 05.30.2011

by Aggie S., guest reviewer Ripe for Pleasure is another book about the League of the Second Sons. It seems each book I read regarding this group of young gentlemen gets more interesting as you learn more about each character. One of London’s most sensual courtesans decides to publish her memoirs because she needs money [...]

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Review: A Precious Jewel by Mary Balogh

by Keira 02.15.2011

I got this novel from the library when MagdalenB recommended it for a hero who bumbles his first declaration of love/marriage proposal: Balogh’s A Precious Jewel. Gerald tries to explain why marriage is good idea; forgets to mention “love.” Twice! Read it in a day because it was so different than any courtesan romance I [...]

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Movie Review: It’s Complicated starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, and Alec Baldwin

by Keira 01.02.2011

It’s Complicated is bust your gut funny. I laughed the whole way through. Of all the older couple romantic comedies (Last Chance Harvey, Something’s Gotta Give, and As Good As It Gets) this was my definite favorite. It’s a fast upbeat comedy about post-divorce. It’s been ten years since Jane (Meryl Streep) divorced two-timing Jake [...]

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Review: Sierra Bride by Jenna Kernan

by Keira 12.29.2010

Kate Wells marries at the tender age of 16 immediately upon her mother’s death to the charming Luke Wells. He was wealthy, worldly, wise. He was also a sham. The face he showed the world was not the real Luke Wells. Kate suffered emotional and sexual abuse at his hands. He kept her sister “locked [...]

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Review: A Courtesan’s Scandal by Julia London

by Keira 12.04.2010

Considering how courtesan romances usually go it’s easy to think Kate Bergeron is not really a courtesan, but she is in fact one. While I very much like that she really is a courtesan, I wasn’t a big fan that Kate was victim of rape and lusty determined privileged men (her first benefactor and the [...]

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Review: Wicked Nights with a Lover by Sophia Jordan

by Keira 11.30.2010

Similar in theme to the movie the Last Holiday with Queen Latifah, in Wicked Nights With a Lover, the heroine, Marguerite Laurent, is given news that someday in the not so distant future she is going to die. At first Marguerite thinks the fortune teller is a crock but when she predicts with apparent accuracy [...]