No Man's Mistress (Mistress #2)
Mary Balogh
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars
3.64
· Steam/Spice level: 3 of 5
Open door [?]
· 47 ratings · 800 pages · Published: 24 May 2011
Recklessly Viola flirted, then danced with him around the Maypole. And then came his delicate, delicious kiss. Viola did not regret that she had let down her guard — until the next morning, when he appeared at her door to claim her beloved Pinewood Manor.
Lord Ferdinand Dudley won her home in a game of cards!
Viola hated him for trying to take everything, including her soul. She was mistress of Pinewood Manor. Yet Dudley refused to leave, even as his conscience rebelled at compromising this beautiful innocent whose only proof of ownership was a dead earl’s promise. Dudley held the deed, but at what cost?
Each day under the same roof brought its share of temptation, intimacy, and guilt. But Viola knew it was a battle she could not afford to lose. Marriage was out of the question, and she would be no man’s mistress. Even as Dudley’s unnerving presence, his knowing smile, threatened to melt her resolve.
Against his better judgment, Lord Ferdinand Dudley was beguiled. This maddening beauty had stirred him as no woman had before. And he was bound and determined to make her his own.
At once sensuous, whimsical, and wonderfully romantic, Mary Balogh’s new novel holds us in thrall, bringing to life a love story that sizzles with passion and originality.
From the Hardcover edition.
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- historical 10
- regency 9
- virgin hero 9
- class difference 6
- royal hero 5
- tortured heroine 5
- sweet/gentle hero 4
- forced proximity 3
- enemies to lovers 3
- m-f romance 3
- sassy heroine 2
- angst 2
- independent heroine 2
- competent heroine 2
- sunny/happy hero 2
- demisexual hero 2
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- take-charge heroine 1
- small town 1
- height difference 1
- funny 1
- cheerful/happy heroine 1
- himbo 1
- mystery 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- slut shaming 3
- gambling 2
- victim blaming 2
- mental trauma 1
- suicide / ideation 1
- geography
- united kingdom 1
- england 1
- Format
- third person pov 2
- dual pov 2
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The 'Mistress' series
3.76 · 199 ratings
dual-pov · third-person-pov · regency · m-f · historical · angst · sweet-hero · strong heroine · grumpy sunshine · cheerful heroine · open-door · sassy heroine · independent heroine · sweet heroine · class difference · length-epic · cold hero · virgin heroine · tortured heroine · united-kingdom
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