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

Juliet Landon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2009 | Series: Harlequin Historical (Book 932)

Miss Letitia Boyce didn't begrudge her sisters their fun with the pick of London's available bachelors. She'd chosen her path and knew book-learning and marriage rarely mixed. Her proof was Lord Seton Rayne, who had made it abundantly clear that an unmarried school-ma'am was of no interest to him--no matter her good connections.

Wealthy and titled, one of the most notorious rakehells in town, Seton had every heiress hurling herself at him. So his sudden kissing of captivating, unconventional Letitia took them both by surprise....

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Historical (February 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373295324
• ISBN-13: 978-0373295326
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,070,489 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating!, January 27, 2009

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Ellen Eldridge "ele825" (Pittsfield, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rake's Unconventional Mistress (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

I usually enjoy Juliet Landon's books, but this one was so full of historic inaccuracies, I could not believe she had written it!

The Heroine, Letitia, was a 'lady of quality' who ran a girls Seminary (I did not see any evidence of her teaching!) for young ladies who seemed to just run around Richmond and London endlessly. Two of seven got in rather large trouble due to her inattention and inexperience. The Hero had little or no substance other that saving the Heroine! And oh, did I mention that the lady also anonymously wrote steamy books everyone was reading?

For a 24 year old young lady to be running a school with various loosely employed (many male!) teachers, to be proclaiming to her uncle she was going to be a mistress, and to be sleeping with the Hero AT THE SCHOOL struck me as rediculous!!!! Pass this one by--I wish I had!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Writer, Poor Plottiing and Scenarios, March 9, 2009

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wordwitch "wordwitch" (Missouri City, Tx) - See all my reviews

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

It is unfortunate indeed that this writer chose to place her protagonist in such unlikely situations. No woman, I repeat, no woman of the time would have acted the way Letitia acted. It just didn't happen. I believe that an author who wants to modernize her heroine should do a time travel novel. Please don't insult your intelligent reader's intelligence by creating people and placing them in improbable situations. It makes the author look like a lazy, trifling idiot.

On the plus side, the author knows how to create sexual tension between her main characters. The repartee was delicious, and I can say even better than most of the drivel I have read recently. If Ms. Landon can remain historically accurate and also provide interesting, intelligent, sizzling repartee and romance between her characters, she will have won me over. This is the first book I've read by her, and it's not bad. Just not Georgette Heyer by a country mile. She got three stars from me based on her writing ability alone, not the story line.

It would be a miracle if the editors of these books would do their jobs and stop printing them. But then, could it be that they are just as lazy and trifling as the authors?

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, February 6, 2011

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J. Evins "D7oh7" (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rake's Unconventional Mistress (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

Not even for the kindle version. This book was horrifically bad, absolutely hodge-podge. Utterly unrealistic and dissatisfying to say the least. Based on her other books the writer isn't terrible, but this book is.