An Introduction to Pleasure
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Jess Michaels (author)
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Jess Michaels
An innocent lady’s education could be a gentleman’s wicked seduction. Mistress Matchmaker, Book 1Lysandra Keates is running out of options. Her father is dead, her mother is ill, and her efforts to find respectable employment have ended in failure. With her small savings bleeding away, she...
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An innocent lady’s education could be a gentleman’s wicked seduction. Mistress Matchmaker, Book 1Lysandra Keates is running out of options. Her father is dead, her mother is ill, and her efforts to find respectable employment have ended in failure. With her small savings bleeding away, she swallows her pride—and her terror—and turns to Vivien Manning, an infamous courtesan, to match her with a wealthy protector. For years, Viscount Andrew Callis has lived a monastic existence at his country estate, hardening his body against the snobbish, lazy young man he once was, hardening his heart against grief over the deaths of his wife and infant son. When Vivien asks him to spend one month training a young woman in the ways of a mistress, his mind resists…but his body responds with an ache he thought long dead. As Andrew begins his gentle tutelage, he finds himself falling under the spell of Lysandra’s innocent charms. And as they give in to the powerful hunger, the last thing Andrew ever expected, or wanted, forms between them. An emotional connection that could carry them well past the training period—if only Andrew can open his heart to the possibility of love. Warning: Includes training in all kinds of sexual positions and delights, as well as an emotional romance. May produce swooning.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B007XUT09C
Publish date: June 19th 2012
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Pages no: 232
Edition language: English
Series: Mistress Matchmaker (#1)
Good ol' historical romance at its best with only the bearable cliches. ;) Also, I liked that the genre-typical differences and misunderstandings didn't drag through the book but got resolved pretty fast, hence, bearable cliches.
A perfectly ok time-pass. I think it is more erotica than historical. There is no relationship whatsoever to speak of, which is not a problem if one is looking for heat in a novel. I rarely have luck with fallen women as heroines. And this one is no exception. The hero andrew was a widower and punis...
"An innocent lady’s education could be a gentleman’s wicked seduction.Lysandra Keates is running out of options. Her father is dead, her mother is ill, and her efforts to find respectable employment have ended in failure. With her small savings bleeding away, she swallows her pride—and her terror—an...
Another freebie. I tend to skim right over anachronisms if I am entertained enough, so it's bad news if I get pulled out of a story repeatedly. This was carelessly plotted, and the sex was annoying. Why the hell would you contrive a traditional type HEA for 'erotica' about a middle-class courtesan...
Lots of hot sex. Characters are meh. Just didn't grab me. Glad it was free.