A Lady Awakened (Blackshear Family #1)
Cecilia Grant
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
3.74
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· 148 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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Tagged as:
- historical 39
- pregnancy 32
- sunny/happy hero 29
- grumpy/ice queen 27
- secret relationship 26
- regency 25
- grumpy & sunshine 25
- independent heroine 25
- take-charge heroine 25
- breeding 23
- competent heroine 22
- sweet/gentle hero 18
- m-f romance 16
- himbo 15
- funny 15
- bondage 14
- somnophilia 12
- rich hero 9
- demisexual heroine 9
- friends to lovers 4
- fem-dom 4
- angst 3
- forbidden love 3
- friends with benefits 3
- Add topics
- content warnings
- third party sexual assault 10
- past sexual abuse 7
- dubious consent 6
- alcoholism 3
- non-consent between mcs 1
- geography
- england 12
- united kingdom 6
- british isles 5
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 17
- third person pov 17
- male pov 4
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The 'Blackshear Family' series
3.84 · 299 ratings
third-person-pov · strong heroine · dual-pov · sweet-hero · historical · regency · england · m-f · british-isles · united-kingdom · angst · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · independent heroine · male-pov · death · competent heroine · audiobook · virgin heroine · possessive hero
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