Twelve Nights as His Mistress by Elisa Braden

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Wooing may not be his strong suit…
Admittedly, when it comes to courtship, the Marquess of Wallingham’s strategy has been a few roses short of a bouquet. Charles Bainbridge has spent two long years wooing the woman he loves, waiting patiently until he is half mad. Now, at a winter hunting party, he has one last chance to persuade her they are meant to be. And this time, he won’t let meaningless doubts, his meddling mother, or a few mishaps and mangled bonnets stand in his way.

And passion may not be hers…
Safe and comfortable inside her tidy, carefully ordered existence, Julia Willoughby has never known longing like this. Others see Charles as the quiet, manageable sort. Julia sees the truth: This dragon’s son has a fire of his own. Enough to sear her with a touch, a glance, a kiss. For the sake of his happiness, she refuses to bind him in a childless union. Her heart, however, isn’t so easily convinced, for it wants Charles rather madly.

But a marquess must do what a marquess must do…
Outraged at the thought of losing her to a dusty country squire, Charles makes a final offer: Spend twelve nights in his bed, and if she can still deny they are perfect for each other, he will let her go. But not before thoroughly tempting the lovely, stubborn Julia to trade sensible predictability for the sweet chaos of true love.

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File Name:twelve-nights-as-his-mistress-by-elisa-braden.epub
Original Title:Twelve Nights as His Mistress (Rescued from Ruin Book 6)
Creator:Elisa Braden
Language:en
Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B01N0GZEQ5
Publisher:Elisa Braden
Date:2016-12-01T18:00:00+00:00
File Size:168.362 KB

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1. Title Page
2. Books by Elisa Braden
3. Dedication
4. Chapter One
5. Chapter Two
6. Chapter Three
7. Chapter Four
8. Chapter Five
9. Chapter Six
10. Chapter Seven
11. Chapter Eight
12. Chapter Nine
13. Chapter Ten
14. Chapter Eleven
15. Chapter Twelve
16. More from Elisa Braden
17. About the Author

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Kiley O：

Twelve Nights as His Mistress, Book 5.5 (or 6 depending on where one looks it up), was about Lord Charles "Charlie" Bainbridge, the Marquess of Wallingham, and Dowager Baroness Julia Willoughby, the widow of Lord Arthur Willoughby, the late Baron Willoughby. Having actively pursued Julia for the past two years, to no avail, Charlie was desperate to find a way to persuade her they were meant for each other, especially since she had told him of her plans to wed another man, namely Sir Mortimer Spalding, a man fifteen years her senior. Julia, after nine years of marriage and two years as a widow, could not bring herself to accept Charlie's marriage proposal. She had a good reason...she just hadn't given it to him. In all the years she had been married to Arthur, she had never given him an heir. Because of that, she could not, in all good conscience, bind herself to Charlie, knowing he, in turn, would need an heir that she could not provide him with. Julia had met Charlie a handful of times while her husband was still alive. Not long before her husband's death while Charlie was visiting their home, there had been an instant attraction between them, though neither acted upon it. It was just over a year before they saw each other again, whilst Julia was in mourning. However, when they did meet again, the attraction was still firmly in place. Side Note: The only drawback I found to this story was how much time was spent in flashbacks. Some readers might enjoy that type of book. For me, though, it has always been my preference for an author to start at the beginning and carry forth to the end. Flashbacks tend to be an interruption of the flow of the storyline. Unfortunately, for such a short book, this had too much flashing backward for my tastes. For such a short novella, there was so much angst and drama. Those who wished to separate Charles and Julia were quite blunt and hurtful in their words and reasoning, causing so much heartache and pain that were devastating in their delivery. The characters were all well fleshed out and the storyline was well-written. The emotions that filled this book were too numerous to name, but the one that outshined them all was the humor that was liberally sprinkled throughout the entire book (for it was much needed to alleviate the angst that hung over the main characters like a pall). This short story was well-deserving of a five-star rating and to be added to the Keeper for the Shelves collection.

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