Lady Julia Winterset is a widow whose financial security is dwindling and she needs to get some income pretty quickly. Her salvation, she hopes, is the inheritance of a memoir or manuscript written by her great-grandmother, Lady Hermione Middlebury, who wrote down explicit details of what she calls her adventures (affairs) after she was widowed at the age of 24. Her adventures are quite scandalous, but since she’s been dead for more than 30 years Julia doesn’t think anyone in the memoir is likely to still be alive, so she decides to see if she can sell it to a publisher. Who would’ve thought the idea to sell the manuscript would change her life so drastically? She certainly didn’t.I accidentally read the second book in this series before this one, so I already had a little knowledge of what was to come. However, I didn’t know how amusing the story would be. I didn’t connect with Book 2, His Mistress by Christmas as easily as I did this one, so it came as a surprise that I didn’t want to put it down. I kept wondering when Harrison Landingham, Earl of Mountdale, was going to next put his big foot in his mouth or what Julia’s friend Veronica, who also happened to be Harrison’s widowed sister-in-law, was going to do next.Amusing, well-written, smooth-flowing and interesting it kept me glued to the pages until the end. Since I’ve already read book two, I can’t wait to read Portia’s story, so I hope it’s coming soon. I finished reading THE PERFECT MISTRESS by Victoria Alexander this morning. A very enjoyable experience.Although the book is set in the Victorian period, this romance could easily be a sensual Regency. It comes replete with a charming ghost. Julia, a young widow, is in bad financial straits and decides to sell her great grandmother's shocking tell-all memoirs. Three attractive men become interested in buying the memoirs and courting Julia. This is a fun book. Kensington still has the right touch.Jacqueline SeewaldTHE TRUTH SLEUTHTEA LEAVES AND TAROT CARDSSTACY'S SONG
What do You think about The Perfect Mistress (2011)?
Not too bad, just failed to hold my (listening) attention
—Tara_Mickaella
