A Lady Awakened (Blackshear Family #1)
Cecilia Grant
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
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· 188 ratings · 368 pages · Published: 27 Dec 2011
Newly widowed and desperate to protect her estate and beloved servants from her malevolent brother-in-law, Martha Russell conceives a daring plan. Or rather, a daring plan to conceive. After all, if she has an heir on the way, her future will be secured. Forsaking all she knows of propriety, Martha approaches her neighbor, a London exile with a wicked reputation, and offers a strictly business proposition: a month of illicit interludes . . . for a fee.
Theophilus Mirkwood ought to be insulted. Should be appalled. But how can he resist this siren in widow’s weeds, whose offer is simply too outrageously tempting to decline? Determined she’ll get her money’s worth, Theo endeavors to awaken this shamefully neglected beauty to the pleasures of the flesh—only to find her dead set against taking any enjoyment in the scandalous bargain. Surely she can’t resist him forever. But could a lady’s sweet surrender open their hearts to the most unexpected arrival of all . . . love?
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- historical 44
- pregnancy 38
- sunny/happy hero 33
- grumpy/ice queen 32
- secret relationship 32
- take-charge heroine 30
- grumpy & sunshine 29
- independent heroine 29
- regency 27
- breeding 27
- competent heroine 27
- sweet/gentle hero 22
- m-f romance 20
- himbo 19
- funny 17
- bondage 17
- somnophilia 15
- demisexual heroine 14
- rich hero 12
- friends to lovers 7
- angst 7
- friends with benefits 6
- forbidden love 5
- fem-dom 5
- small town 1
- slow burn 1
- rich heroine 1
- possessive hero 1
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- content warnings
- third party sexual assault 15
- past sexual abuse 11
- dubious consent 11
- alcoholism 6
- geography
- england 15
- united kingdom 8
- british isles 7
- europe 1
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 20
- third person pov 20
- male pov 5
- standalone 1
- interconnected standalone 1
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The 'Blackshear Family' series
3.85 · 372 ratings
standalone · sweet-hero · dual-pov · ic-standalone · strong heroine · third-person-pov · historical · standalone-first · england · regency · m-f · competent heroine · united-kingdom · british-isles · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · angst · independent heroine · death · audiobook
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