This is the book where Benedict Wayborn older brother to Juliet from [b:Simply Scandalous|525737|Simply Scandalous|Tamara Lejeune|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1329109572s/525737.jpg|513581] and from [b:Surrender to Sin|1286974|Surrender to Sin|Tamara Lejeune|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349064691s/1286974.jpg|1276047] decides to go to Bath to find himself a wife,even though he knows it wont be easy since he was mauled by a dog as a child and had to have his arm amputated below his elbow. So even though he isnt poor hes not the best matrimonial price out there.

Sir Benedict arrives in Bath a rainy evening and makes his way to his rented house wich is no 9 in Camden Place. Only he end up on the wrong side of the street and the number 6 sign of a certain Cosima Vaughns residence has been flipped over

He marvels at the impertinent behavior of the much too young and beautiful housekeeper and though Cosima is a bit flabbergasted about this strange man barging into her mothers house treating her like a servant.She decides to let him stay since the weather is horrible.

The warmest place being the kitchen she takes him there and pours him some liquour and they chat a bit.

Some more misunderstandings abounds and Benedict full of alcohol (and thinking Cosima has agreed to become his mistress) makes to kiss her,she manages to knock him out though. And promptly tells her servant to dump him in the park.Naked,and tied to a tree so he wont wander off and get hurt.

Through a series of events they discover each others identities and since Benedict is vaguely related to Cosimas mother its considered perfectly reasonable for him to escort her around Bath.

Considering the relationship is distant I am not sure this would have been accepted.

It had its funny bits like the previous books in the series,for instance the hero discovering that his valet had been coloring his hair black for 17 years.

I found the heroine to be a bit straining though
She is Irish and she likes to remind the hero and the rest of the world of this constantly.I mean its ok to take pride in your heritage and all but it was all a bit too much.

I can take feisty heroines if I can relate to them but I had a very hard time doing this with Cosima.

I wish there had been more of a struggle for the couple to get together. In this case Cosima practically throws herself into Benedicts arms (and bed)

Disappointing but not a truly horrible book. ( )

A well crafted story, but a bit convoluted for my taste. ( )

Slow starting

Not really sure what I think, enjoyable parts. The idea of the book was great, I really enjoyed the story. But it felt that it could have been executed better. It felt to jumpy, all over the place.

The story was interesting with many twists and turns, there was comical moments that made me laughing out loud. Which is always a good thing. And there where parts that could have been done better, parts that made me stop and go oh dear and not a good oh dear either.

But despite the all that something still felt off with it. It felt too modern like for a historical. It's hard to explain. I felt like there was something missing, perhaps she is planing on turning it into a series and that could be it.

This book was lent to me, will I go out and buy to add to my own collection, no. But if it turns out that this is part of a series I would like to read it. Because like I said it the story was interesting.

This book was terrible. The plot was poorly written. Character development was not consistent. There were no rules about being a mistress. Reading the back cover it looked good but it was just really really bad. I'm sorry I sent the money on it. ( )

This is one of the most confusing books I've ever read. The heroine is asinine, the hero is a prig, and the plot? I'm still not sure what it was. I think the author was trying to 'do' a Heyer comedy with passion. She was not successful. ( )