His Mistress by Christmas

from AVoraciousReader

Lady Veronica Smithson is a widow, independent and outspoken. While never courting scandal outright or deliberately throwing conventions to the wind, she does like to do her own thing and isn't afraid to pursue her ambitions. After being widowed for three years she's tired of being alone and, wit...

from Tanya-dogearedcopy

When Jane Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice in 1813, she created a template for many future romance novels: The male lead would be wealthy, powerful, respected/feared and, would be eventually brought to heel by someone beneath him socially; and the female lead would be a person whose attempts to c...

from MyaB

I found this book ok. It took me a lot more time to read then the average book.

from Dawn772

Fun historical romance with a very assertive heroine and a endearing hero but the first half was slow going then it got rather interesting midway. Widowed Lady Veronica prefers to be Sir Sebastian's mistress but he is looking for a wife.

from whitreidtan

Widowed Lady Veronica Smithson and famous explorer and lady's man Sir Sebastian Hadley-Attwater are at cross-purposes. Veronica has been widowed for several years and she misses physical companionship. While she misses the sex, she is uninterested in getting married again, afraid of losing her in...