title: The Perfect Mistress
author:  Victoria Alexander 
description: *Starred Review* For Lady Julia Winterset, the choice was simple: publish and be damned. After her husbands death leaves her in restricted financial circumstances, Julia has no choice but to profit from the one thing of value she has left, her great-grandmother Lady Hermione Middleburys scandalous memoirs. Once Harrison Landingham, Earl of Mountdale, hears from his sister-in-law Veronica that her friend Julia is in negotiations with a London publisher over the manuscript, which includes several spicy references to Harrisons father, he is equally determined that Julia will not drag his familys good name through the mud. When Harrisons initial attempt to coerce Julia into selling the manuscript fails, he vows to take a different tack and charm her into surrendering it. With a delectably dry sense of humor that rivals Oscar Wilde at his best (and a delicious dash of the paranormal in the form of the ghostly Lady Hermione), Alexander fashions the perfect romance, featuring two splendidly matched protagonists engaged in an exceptionally entertaining literary and romantic battle of wits. --John Charles
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  WICKED DESIRE
  
  “Marriage, to the right woman, is the beginning of a life of love.”
  
  She raised a brow. “My, you are romantic tonight.”
  
  “Casanova would be envious.” He pulled her into his arms. “If he had seen you
  tonight, he might well have changed his mind about marriage. And considered me
  a very lucky man.”
  
  “Then we are well matched.” She gazed up at him. “For I am a very lucky
  woman.” She paused. “Although I have been remiss in not making certain you
  know how very much I love you.”
  
  “I have been remiss in that myself.”
  
  She smiled into his blue eyes. “You are my hero, Adrian Hadley-Attwater.”
  Evelyn slid her hand around the back of his neck and pulled his head down to
  hers. “My knight,” she murmured against his lips ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Books by Victoria Alexander
  
  THE PERFECT MISTRESS
  
    
  
  HIS MISTRESS BY CHRISTMAS
  
    
  
  MY WICKED LITTLE LIES
  
    
    
  
  Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  My Wicked Little Lies
  
  VICTORIA ALEXANDER
  
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