The Regency Lords & Ladies Collection 28: The Rake's Mistress [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Nicola Cornick (Author)

Book Description

Series: Regency Lords & Ladies Collection | Publication Date: February 2010

Lord Lucas Kestrel's anger turns to desire when he meets Miss Rebecca Raleigh. He believes that she's one of the scandalous Archangel courtesans, but he quickly discovers that not only is she innocent she is, in fact, the woman he's been seeking....

Lucas has an agenda. He has to get close to Rebecca, court her, even seduce her, to try to discover if she's smuggling secrets that are threatening England's security! But Lucas, the rake without a heart, hasn't bargained on falling in love with the one woman he can't have....

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 383 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon; Lrg edition (February 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0263210561
• ISBN-13: 978-0263210569
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,339,352 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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.