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Summary: Wonderful
Review: "No Man's Mistress" works wonderfully well as both a sequel Balogh's "More Than A Mistress", and and as a stand alone novel. After winning a country estate at a card game, Lord Ferdinand Dudley sets out to take claim but finds it occupied instead by a beautiful unmarried woman, Miss Viola Thornhill, who claims that he could not have won it from the Earl since the previous Earl had deeded it to her out of love. Ferdinand does not believe her and they are at a stalemate.
If your looking for your average Regency Hero and your average Regency Heroine "No Man's Mistress" is not for you. However, if you want to read a story about how two loving but damaged people can make their way to one another and make each other whole, this is wonderful book.
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Summary: Excellent.
Review: A lovely Regency romance. I enjoyed it from start to finish. I only wish I had a new book by Mary Balogh to read every week.
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Summary: So-so
Review: An okay story, nothing to get excited about. The situation is a little too contrived. There really is no good reason for the heroine not to confide in the hero and seek his help. Also, though this is supposed to be a Regency (but with sex), I find both the language and the sensibility of the characters to be too 20th century.
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Summary: All you non believers of men being virgins in 19th century
Review: As a history major with an emphasis on sexual history. You need to pick up some non-fiction about the 19th century to realize that there were many men that were virgin's in their late 20's. The one example that comes to mind is John Ruskin - who even after marriage did not bed his wife. I think Mary Balogh made Ferdinand such a believable character - he was emotionally scarred by his mother's and father's infidelity. He lived with his mother and watched her float from one lover to the next - perhaps in real life I would have said he was a latent homosexual but this is a damn fiction and a romance to boot! With that said on defense for that portion of the book - which I might add is a small portion of the book. This book is probably one of the best that I have ever read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I usually like the funny historicals or the very steamy ones and one would think this book would have been steamy but Mary brings these two likeable characters to life - you feel for both of them and when Ferdinand takes on Dirby - my eyes welled up with tears! You should read More than a Mistress first - and you will see that Ferdinand's brother was also messed up by his parents behavior. I think Mary has a great grasp on human nature!!!! READ THIS BOOK - Ignore the idiots that scoff at it not being a typical story for the regency era - they just are too idiotic to think outside the box.
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Summary: Intresting read
Review: As many reviewers stated the hero does move in with the heroine early on. He wins a home in a bet and is shocked to find some one living there. He is prepared to spend a week in an inn while she moves out, but when she challenges his claim and is rather rude, he changes his mind. Neither honestly want the other person there- both expect the other to back away from what will be a highly improper situation if they do not leave. This of course does not happen.
And it is mentioned several times in the book that the characters tend to not be respectable but respected.
As to the other claim that it is impossible that a man of that age be a virgin? Isn't that a bit of a double standard?
But the part I like best is that she is not some shy simpering miss like every other bloody romance novel I've read. She was a courtesan. I love that she is not pure. I love that she has this conflict with herself. (the man who black-mailed her into being a courtesan is threating her sister unless she returns to "work')
Over all I'd say it was a lovely read and I am quite the jaded romance fan.
As a romance- five stars
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Summary: First-rate Balogh
Review: Balogh is my favorite, and she never disappoints. Her characters never fail in their reality, despite the plotlines that melodrama dictates (the romance-novel genre is melodramatic). I do like her earliest Regencies the best, and suggest a retrospective collection of them for those who have only recently discovered Balogh.
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Summary: A fascinating read
Review: Because he believed in her and wanted her to have a second chance without the baggage of scandal, the Earl of Bamber bequests Pinewood Manor to Viola Thornhill. She relocates and quickly loves her quiet estate and rapidly earns the respect of her neighbors. However, her idyllic world crashes when Lord Ferdinand Dudley arrives claiming the estate as his, having won it in a card game from the present Earl of Bamber. He gives her one-week to vacate the premises, but she refuses saying the present Earl of Bamber could not lose what he did not own. Though both agree to share the disputed Manor until a final resolution can occur, each tries to force the other to depart from the premises while waiting for the critical will. As they battle for supremacy, Viola and Ferdinand begin to fall in love. Still, the duo has demons that only this estate can satiate, making it impossible that love or even a compromise can occur. NO MAN'S MISTRESS, the sequel to MORE THAN A MISTRESS, is an exciting regency romance that is fun to read because the lead characters are atypical of the sub-genre's normal stars. The story line is pleasurable due to the antics of Viola and Ferdinand trying to trump one another. The return of Ferdinand's brother, the Duke Tresham, and his wife add a friendly tone to the delightful plot that shows once again why Mary Balogh is one of the best writers of historical romances. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Most people will not find this helpful...
Review: because I'm not going to rehash the plot. It's been ably described by many. But how many people could buy into some of the situations Ms. Balogh gave us? The man a virgin at his age and at his station in life? Getting all the men of the ton to give back a woman's reputation after a meeting in the park? This author has frustrated me for the last time. There are several of her books that are on my all time list of best romances but in later years it is evident that she's writing to get a book out and not spending time on writing a story that begs to be told. The best thing about this book was the cover.
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Summary: Good but not as good as Balogh can be
Review: Boy it hurts to express anything but pure Joy at finding another Balogh treasure. Never really could care about these characters despite greatly admiring the female heroine. Somehow I never saw chemistry click between these two, nor did I see a chance for Ferdinand to truly develop in "his" story. I'm off to find Angeline Dudley's story if it exists.
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Summary: I don't know how anyone can give this less than 5 stars
Review: Do not read this review if you do not want some of the story spoiled for you. I will warn you not read further when it gets to the spoiler point. I have just started reading Mary's books after reading the first three Bedwyn books. But this book I believe is my all time favorite - that I have read from any author. I usually like funny historicals but this book just took my breath away. SPOILER - I know many may not like it because she has taken the usually virginal regency woman and turned her into an ex-courtesan and the virile male is the actual virgin in this book but that made the story even better! I was a history major in college and trust me - the 19th century is not at all like what we read about - women were sometimes forced into prostitution and Mary has taken the story of one such character and shows you how she had to build walls around herself to protect her mind and her heart. There are many scenes that you will find your eyes welling up in - at least I did. I hated letting these characters go in the end - they were just such likeable and incredible characters - I am sure this will be a book I read again and again.
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