title: More than a Mistress/No Man's Mistress: Two Novels in One Volume
author:  Mary Balogh 
description: <b>Mary Balogh</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of numerous books, including the acclaimed Slightly and Simply novels and the five titles in her Huxtable series: <i>First Comes Marriage</i>, <i>Then Comes Seduction</i>, <i>At Last Comes Love</i>, <i>Seducing an Angel</i>, and <i>A Secret Affair</i>. A former teacher, she grew up in Wales and now lives in Canada.
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  Don’t Miss Mary Balogh’s Dazzling Quartet of Novels  
  Set in Miss Martins School for Girls
  
  
  > Simply Perfect
  
  > Simply Magic
  
  > Simply Love
  
  > Simply Unforgettable
  
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  Or Mary Balogh’s Beloved Classic Novels
  
  
  > The Ideal Wife
  
  > The Devil’s Web
  
  > Web of Love
  
  > The Gilded Web
  
  > The Secret Pearl
  
  > First Comes Marriage
  
  > Then Comes Seduction
  
  > At Last Comes Love
  
  > Slightly Dangerous
  
  > Slightly Sinful
  
  > Slightly Tempted
  
  > Slightly Scandalous
  
  > Slightly Wicked
  
  > Slightly Married
  
  > A Summer to Remember
  
  > No Man’s Mistress
  
  > More Than a Mistress
  
  > One Night for Love
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  1
  
  “WHAT I am going to do is find a man.”
  
  The speaker was Cassandra Belmont, the widowed Lady Paget. She was standing at
  the sitting room window of the house she had rented on Portman Street in
  London. The house had come fully furnished, but the furnishings as well as the
  curtains and carpets had seen better days. They had probably seen better d