The Fox: in his Henhouse (The Dubious Mates #1)
Constance Remillard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
4.33
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 6 ratings · 481 pages · Published: 11 Nov 2024

After a harrowing rejection at the altar, Lord Wellesley flees the confines of London for a crumbling old abbey in the wilds of Cumberland. When Miss Merrinan falls unbidden into his lap, she begins to more than vex his She’s a vixen Wellesley is determined to tame. Even if she makes his blood run hot and his temper flare hotter.
Housekeeper by day and mistress by night, a woman’s work is never done. Not when her new master’s hell-bent on interrupting…
Miss Merrinan chafes at the position she’s in, but getting food on her family’s table comes first. If this means bedding the new Lord of Almsdale Abbey, so be it. She makes peace with her fate until her past threatens to upend all she’s achieved, making her stoop to fresh lows—including falling for Lord Wellesley’s devilish dark charms.
Are lust, envy, and wrath the worst of a lord’s—or lady’s—sins? Or are they merely the beginning?
Recalling bodice rippers of yore, The Fox contains scenes of dubious consent and brief physical punishment. Like every Remillard Romance, the intimate encounters in this late Regency, open-door historical are written in a more literary, steamy yet polite, style. Peek inside the book for content warnings.
Book one in The Dubious Mates series.
Tagged as:
- historical 3
- regency 2
- boss & employee 2
- class difference 2
- virgin heroine 2
- possessive hero 2
- enemies to lovers 1
- m-f romance 1
- competent heroine 1
- independent heroine 1
- take-charge heroine 1
- forced proximity 1
- forbidden love 1
- bdsm 1
- alpha male 1
- tortured hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- non-consent between mcs 1
- body betrayal 1
- dubious consent 1
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The 'The Dubious Mates' series
6 ratings 4.33 ·
strong heroine · body-betrayal · possessive hero · m-f · alpha male · virgin heroine · tortured hero · historical · boss & employee · dub-con · competent heroine · rape-mc · forced proximity · forbidden love · regency · bdsm · from hate to love · independent heroine · class difference
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