Wanted: Mail-Order Mistress (Harlequin Historical) [Mass Market Paperback]

Deborah Hale (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 2011 | Series: Harlequin Historical (Book 1037)

He asked for a mistress Betrayed by his first wife, Simon Grimshaw won't marry again. But sultry nights in Singapore can be lonely - nothing a beautiful English mistress wouldn't fix! They sent him a wife Believing herself a worldly woman, Bethan Conway answers an advert to become a wife, but is secretly searching for her missing brother. Her naivety hits her hard when she's robbed and stranded! Luckily her saviour is none other than her husband-to-be, but soon Bethan wonders if she's jumped straight from the frying pan...into the fire! Gentlemen of Fortune Three men with money, power and success...Looking to share life with the right woman

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Historical; Reprint edition (March 22, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373296371
• ISBN-13: 978-0373296378
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #661,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just OK IMHO, April 2, 2011

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kooks (AZ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wanted: Mail-Order Mistress (Harlequin Historical) (Kindle Edition)

Glad I didn't wait to long for it's release. Story seemed almost as if the author rushed to get through it in order to complete the series.Having read Book #2 Bought: The Penniless Lady in this series (Gentlemen Of Fortune) I didn't like this one as much. The story just wasn't there for me. The character's were just ok. The backdrop of Singapore didn't do much for me either, I prefer England or a good Western. Certain things were questionable and bothered me. She supposidely didn't know the language very well in Book #2 and 5 months later she is semi-fluent, she is supposed to be his mistress yet is welcome in his home and exposed to his young daughter. Conveniently she meets the one and only survivor that remembers her brother on the ship he was on three years later. I can't exactly put my finger on it but it just didn't fit well together. It was another predictable story slow starting just didn't keep my attention. 3/4 of the way through I read only the monologue to just get through it. The epilogue wasn't as informative as I would have liked it to be either, I would have liked more about book #2 character's. This is one of those books that that sit on the fence with me, I'm not exactly sorry I spent the money but not exactly happy I did. Hope that helps I know it is a bit of a strange review but it is what it is. Enjoy if you do read it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gorgeous, sensuous story, April 2, 2011

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Donna Alward "Donna Alward" (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wanted: Mail-Order Mistress (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

Hale's latest is a lovely historical in an unusual setting: Singapore. It's a wonderful story and the last of her Gentlemen of Fortune miniseries. The best part for me? The utterly gorgeous use of sensory detail. When the heroine arrives, the reader arrives with her and experiences all of the firsts - the scents, sounds and tastes of an exotic, foreign land. It made for an enchanting read that was just a little bit different from my usual fare.

Deborah Hale never disappoints. She always delivers a warm, emotionally rich story!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Different and great., June 25, 2011

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Helen Patrice Sutton "HPS" (New England) - See all my reviews

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When I bought this book I thought it would be the usual western romance, but it isn't at all. It gives the reader a lot of infomation about a new location. In fact, the location is on the other side of the world. Great love story!