No Mistress of Mine
An American Heiress in London #4
By: Laura Lee Guhrke
Released: August 30th, 2016
Avon
USA Today
bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke is back with the latest in her
dazzling An American Heiress in London series, in which a reformed rogue
finds all his honorable resolutions tested by the only woman who ever
broke his heart...
After spending his youth as one of the wildest rakes in the ton,
Lord Denys Somerton has devoted the past six years to putting his past
behind him. He is determined to fulfill his duties, find a suitable
wife, and start a family, but that plan changes when Lola Valentine—the
red-haired temptress from his past—returns to London, sparking the same
irresistible desires that almost ruined his life once before.
Lola is a woman with no romantic illusions. She knew love would never be enough for a British lord and an American girl from the wrong side of the tracks. For Denys’s sake, she walked away from him and the glittering life he offered. But when an unexpected inheritance brings her back to London, Lola discovers the passion between them is as hot as ever. Can they vanquish it, or will it burn out of control again and destroy them both?
Lola is a woman with no romantic illusions. She knew love would never be enough for a British lord and an American girl from the wrong side of the tracks. For Denys’s sake, she walked away from him and the glittering life he offered. But when an unexpected inheritance brings her back to London, Lola discovers the passion between them is as hot as ever. Can they vanquish it, or will it burn out of control again and destroy them both?
Lord Denys Somerton is about to embark on one of the largest
acquisitions of his life…he is about fulfil his duty and get married to some
nice British women of nobility, just as it is expected of him. But that is
until Lola Valentine, a women of his
past comes back to London and claims half of the shipping company his father
co-owns, that she just inherited, and stirs a hornets nest of trouble.
6 years ago, Denys sunk everything he had into Lola, an American
wannabe actress and when she left him for "something better" and left
him not only broken hearted but bankrupt too. After 6 years Denys has earned
back his reputation and his fortune, but with Lola back, his life has become a
whole lot more complicated. But when the truth comes out about why Lola truly
left, Denys is shocked to the core, but where can they go from here?
I'm going to leave it there as I don't want to give away too much of
the story. I have never read a book by Laura Lee Guhrke, which is quite
shocking in itself, as I have been a fan of historical romances for at least 10
years, but yet I hadn't come across this author before. But some of the lovely
ladies in the reading group I belong to have been raving about her new "An
American Heiress in London" series, so I decided, what the hey! I have
nothing to lose.
Now in total honestly, I'm not really into the many stories out there
about American's in Regency London, as to me, it never quite gels…which is kind
of amusing (and maybe hypocritical) as I'm an English women living in America;
but regardless, I drove straight and I will admit, this book has changed my
opinion about many things, let me explain.
Where normally authors will list every difference between American and
the British, this author did not, now don't get me wrong, she made subtle
comparisons, but really she wrote this book in a way that she didn't make the
general assumptions that most authors make and I really appreciate that. I
loved the way she wrote the way the characters had flaws, even the ones that
seemed to have a stick shoved up their behind! Truly, the author wrote an
amazing story, of love overcoming great feats and yet it managed to survive.
So to put it bluntly…the writing: magnificent, the story: divine, the
characters: endearing and this reviewer is now a dedicated fan of Laura Lee
Guhrke…and so, if you want me, I will be
buying every single book she has ever written!!
I give No Mistress of Mine 5 Stars!
Laura Lee Guhrke spent seven years in advertising, had a successful
catering business, and managed a construction company before she decided
writing novels was more fun. A New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author, Laura has penned over twenty historical romances. Her books
have received many award nominations, and she is the recipient of romance
fiction’s highest honor: the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. She lives
in the Northwest with her husband (or, as she calls him, her very own romance
hero), along with two diva cats and a Golden Retriever happy to be their slave.
Laura loves hearing from readers, and you can contact her via her website: www.lauraleeguhrke.com.
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