Anny P. (wolfnme) reviewed His Lady Mistress (Harlequin Historical, No 772) on + 3389 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
His Lady Mistress starts off slow. It wasn't a real intense book but it was very enjoyable. I loved Verity. She had a very hard life. Her father took his life. Max helps her (she was only 15 at the time) Max thinks Verity will be talking care by her uncle. So he leaves her.
When the story picks up again. 5 years later Max comes to check up on her. He's told Verity killed herself by her uncle. He sees what he thinks is a servant being abused by the son. Max comes to her recue. I don't want to go into to much detail but Max asks Verity mistress. Then he finds out she is her friends daughter and thinks he's been trick into marriage. He demands she marry him and then the story truely begins. Max can be the rudest most crude man and then other times he is the sweetest man ever. You learn way Max is the way he is near the end of the book and truely understand him and like him. Verity is bright, capable, compassionate, strong and very womanly. She is a woman to admire. The love scenes are ample & steamy, and the plot is a fair one. From page one the characters in this book reached out and grabbed me. This book had its good moments and some flashes of good writing, but I kept thinking, while I was reading it, how much better it could have been. The characters had a lot going for them, but the plot & its resolution just didn't jell into a really good read.
When the story picks up again. 5 years later Max comes to check up on her. He's told Verity killed herself by her uncle. He sees what he thinks is a servant being abused by the son. Max comes to her recue. I don't want to go into to much detail but Max asks Verity mistress. Then he finds out she is her friends daughter and thinks he's been trick into marriage. He demands she marry him and then the story truely begins. Max can be the rudest most crude man and then other times he is the sweetest man ever. You learn way Max is the way he is near the end of the book and truely understand him and like him. Verity is bright, capable, compassionate, strong and very womanly. She is a woman to admire. The love scenes are ample & steamy, and the plot is a fair one. From page one the characters in this book reached out and grabbed me. This book had its good moments and some flashes of good writing, but I kept thinking, while I was reading it, how much better it could have been. The characters had a lot going for them, but the plot & its resolution just didn't jell into a really good read.
Helpful Score: 1
While I generally enjoy Elizabeth Rolls novels this one I had to force myself to finish. Surprisingly enough as the book should have been great given the good story line. While I liked our couple and certain parts caught my attention, overall I felt it was disjointed and wished it could have flowed a bit more smoothly and been consistently interesting. Nice read overall but not 5 stars.
