Set in England and Scotland in 1793, Dodd's (Once a Knight) Georgian romance is bawdy, brainy and ultimately beguiling. The heroine, Mary Fairchild, is a housekeeper who, like the fastidious butler of Kazua Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, strives to follow the code of a good servant: "A competent housekeeper never shows emotion." However, Sebastian Durant, Viscount Whitfield, the wealthy and handsome godson of her employer, tries to (and eventually does) subvert her best intentionsthe source of much of the book's good humor. Using his knowledge of Mary's former days as a flighty member of the aristocracy and suspected murderess, he coerces her into posing as his betrothed while they search for his godmother's potentially damaging stolen diary. Together they confront comical fops and pompous villains in this thoroughly delightful and decidedly erotic romp. (Aug.)
New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd brings you romance, intrigue, and passion in her most boldly sexual story yet! A Well Pleasured Lady is not for the timid...
Prim, plain, desperately virtuous Lady Mary Fairchild stares at the seductive gentleman and wonders-does he remember the night they met? Surely not. In the ten years since, she left behind her youthful impetuousness and transformed herself into a housekeeper-disguising her beauty beneath a servant's dour clothing.
But Sebastian Durant, Viscount Whitfield, recognizes Mary as a Fairchild, one of his family's bitter enemies. When he demands her help recovering a stolen diary, she dares not refuse him. When he proposes they masquerade as a betrothed couple, loyalty forces her to agree. And when the restraint between them shatters and pleasure became an obsession, Mary has to trust a powerful man who could send her to the gallows ..or love her through eternity.
New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd brings you romance, intrigue, and passion in her most boldly sexual story yet! A Well Pleasured Lady is not for the timid...
Prim, plain, desperately virtuous Lady Mary Fairchild stares at the seductive gentleman and wonders-does he remember the night they met? Surely not. In the ten years since, she left behind her youthful impetuousness and transformed herself into a housekeeper-disguising her beauty beneath a servant's dour clothing.
But Sebastian Durant, Viscount Whitfield, recognizes Mary as a Fairchild, one of his family's bitter enemies. When he demands her help recovering a stolen diary, she dares not refuse him. When he proposes they masquerade as a betrothed couple, loyalty forces her to agree. And when the restraint between them shatters and pleasure became an obsession, Mary has to trust a powerful man who could send her to the gallows ..or love her through eternity.
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940192738962 |
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Publisher: | Brilliance Audio |
Publication date: | 02/15/2022 |
Series: | Well Pleasured , #1 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |