“A gentleman would get to know you patiently, intimately, before demanding anything of your body. Tonight,I’m not going to be a gentleman.”
For wealthy British surgeon Isaac Kimball, being the good guy comes naturally. Caring for Chicago’s poorest fills his days and keeps his other side—the dark one that craves sensuality and control—at bay. When Isaac is prevented from saving a charity he loves, an acquaintance offers him a proposition: transform a woman from the streets into a sophisticated mistress who can pass in London high society, in exchange for the charity’s salvation. A ridiculous suggestion until he realizes he knows the perfect woman—one with an understated sexuality and sharp wit that continually tempt his control.
Mila DePardo counts the days until she can get off the streets and put her criminal past behind her. When Dr. Kimball offers her a ticket out of hell and into the glitter of London society, lying about her identity is easy. Until the chemistry between them starts to crack her no-sex rule, and the pleasure of Isaac’s touch changes everything she thought she wanted.
When the truth starts to unravel and Isaac’s own secrets come to play, Mila’s will and belief in herself is put to the test. She might win the mistress experiment, but can she survive him?
Type: Lite-Erotic Romance
Heat: 3 out of 5
Rating: 4 out of 5
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The quick of it is that Isaac--who is a yummeh doctor-- has to return home to England for a family Gala and is in need of a "Mistress" in order to win a bet with his cousin. If he can fool everyone that a girl from the streets is a high class Mistress he'll score a huge donation to a charity he loves that's at risk. Yes. *slow nods* Men are stupid. But, Mila at least knows going in what's going on and she's in need of an escape from the struggles in her life and a deep personal need to keep that same charity running makes it impossible for her to turn down his offer. It of course doesn't hurt she's rather smitten with the man. She just needs to learn to be a proper Mistress to fool everyone at the Gala.
I loved Mila! It always makes me giddy when I find a heroine I adore and this lady...I adored. She's had a hard life. I mean. HARD. Nothing's been handed to her. She's made mistakes and paid for them dearly but she's trying to pull herself together and do what she thinks is right. There's a fighter in her that you can't help but admire.
