A more accurate title would be Unclaimed Mistress, as the heroine has certainly been touched before the hero gets to her and throughout the book by the hero.

Helena McGregor runs away from her abuser Stephen Tayburn. She can’t stay with him another moment and takes her first opportunity to escape, fleeing across the water and into a storm. She washes up on the beach Guy Tregallas, Viscount Varington, is meandering down. Her first impression is that he’s an angel and just before delirium sets in she reveals her name.

When she wakes three days later, Helena knows to protect those who’ve helped her and herself she must concoct a story. Living under Stephen’s thumb for five years has taught her that lying is the least of man’s sins. She tells everyone she is the widow Mary McLelland, never knowing Guy is aware of her true identity.

Determined to dig into her past and figure out who the beautiful young woman is, Guy whisks her off to London with plans to seduce her along the way. His plans crumble into dust with every break in her façade, but not before he secures her promise to be his mistress in exchange for his help… when he learns the truth about Helena, he is more determined than ever to make the woman his!

The story despite the ugly background for the heroine (see Stephen Tayburn, villain) is very chaste. There’s no sex until the very end of the story. One of my favorite scenes is the carriage wreck. I won’t spoil it, other than to say it’s in the middle. It was very good.

Rating 3 stars

Buy: Untouched Mistress

PS - Great cover - both models fit the character descriptions and so did the scenery!

Originally posted 2009-07-16 03:49:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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