The Rake's Mistress (Harlequin Historical) [Mass Market Paperback]

Nicola Cornick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2005 | Series: Harlequin Historical (Book 767)

Book 3 of the Bluestocking Brides Trilogy Lord Lucas Kestrel has sworn never to marry yet he cannot cure himself of a troublesome attraction to Miss Rebecca Raleigh, a glass engraver with her own studio and a decidedly prickly attitude to devastatingly attractive rakes! But Rebecca has several secrets and the path of true love will not run smooth on the way to the third Midwinter wedding...

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373293674
• ISBN-13: 978-0373293674
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,384,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I started writing when I was about fourteen. I had read all the romance books in my local library and the librarians were growing tired of me asking when the new books would be coming in so they suggested I should write one of my own. I think they were only trying to get rid of me but I took their advice seriously.

Sixteen years later, True Colours was published. It took me that long because it wasn't very good to start with! I rewrote it three times, went to college, got married, moved house and changed my job several times in between trying to write!

These days I am a full time writer and spend lots of time on the creative process, which involves drinking coffee with my writing friend Sarah Morgan and scandalising the staff in the caf' where we meet because they think we are talking about real life not fiction.

In my spare time I work as a guide at Ashdown House, a fabulous and romantic seventeenth century hunting lodge just down the road from here. It has a fascinating history and one day I will get around to writing about it.

My writing inspirations are my grandmother, with whom I used to watch all the BBC costume dramas on a Sunday night ' Robin of Sherwood, Poldark, Pride and Prejudice (the 1970s version); my English teacher Mr Conway (I'm still worrying about correct grammar and punctuation); my husband because he is decidedly a hero, Jane Austen, Alice Chetwynd Ley and many, many romance authors who have given me so many hours of reading pleasure. Thank you!

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A marvelously quick read, January 16, 2008

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H. Dellinger "romance-a-holic" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rake's Mistress (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

Alone after her aunt and uncle die, Rebecca tries to carry on with the family glass cutting business. Unfortunately, all of her employees leave because they do not want to work for a woman and her orders all but disappear making life perilous for a young woman living on her own.

Lucas believes that Rebecca is a courtesan when he first meets her. He is investigating a smuggling ring and hasn't yet located the glass cutter that is helping the smugglers pass messages onto the French.

Overall a very good read it's well written and although the chapters are long the book itself is an amazingly fast read. Once you start reading you won't want to put the book down until you are finished.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Did not work for me, February 25, 2008

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Flower Girl (MN, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rake's Mistress (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

Unfortunatelly, this book didn't work for me--I thought it was too contemporary of Regency story, and the story dragged unnecessarily long. Although, the writing was decent, but the story was un-natural. It was not an engrossing read for me.