- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Signet (MM); Reissue edition (Feb 8 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451114590
- ISBN-13: 978-0451114594
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,198,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.8 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of My Favorites, July 7 2008
By 30 Book A Month Reader - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: His Lordships Mistress (Paperback)
Jessica O'Neill had mortgaged her family's horse farm to the hilt in an effort to buy time for the stock's reputation to become known to the fashionable world. With 2 brothers to take care of and her parents both dead, Jessica was at her wit's end. To make matters worse, the kindly neighbor who held the deed to the farm, died and his heir was a lecherous creep. Jessica knew the only way to save her family was to marry him, but she just couldn't make herself do it. Jessica takes to the London with a vague idea of employment and falls into the idea of going on stage. Because of her beauty, speaking voice and creativity, Jessica gives fabulous performances, and her legion of admirers grows. Jessica is so unique that she eventually captures the admiration and attention of the handsome, wealthy Earl of Linton. Soon he convinces Jessica to move in with him and become his mistress. Both fall madly in love with each other, but Jessica especially realizes that the Earl of Linton can look as high in the land as any peer and his family would never approve of an actress.
Really, what makes this book so wonderful is the focus is almost totally on the relationship between Jessica and the Earl. I love a romance where the couple are featured constantly, and the rest of the story is just used as a backdrop. You can see the feelings grow between Jessica and Linton and you can absolutely understand why each other falls in love. When she is on her game, Joan Wolf can say more in a couple of sentences than most authors can do in pages of descriptions. I have always been amazed at her understated writing style which simply sparkles with feeling and emotion. I quite love a great number of Wolf's romances, but this is one of my favorites.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Passionate and moving, Sep 19 2003
By Soyini "soyini" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: His Lordships Mistress (Paperback)
This is a typical Joan Wolf regency plot, in that the hero and heroine face some very real life issues and obstacles to their love. It is in the vein of "A Difficult Truce" and "Highland Sunset". If you like those, you will probably like this one. One of my favorites because the hero and heroine are both people of great character and personality.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply the best, April 10 2011
By MP - Published on Amazon.com
To me, this was the quintessential Regency romance. The weight of society, the tender affection, the impediments to true love. Saying this book has no plot is like saying Moby Dick is a book about a fish. The construct (young woman forced to take to the stage in order to save her beloved home) sounded trite in the brief description here, but the main character's actions are made clear and admirable and the love she shares with the hero is delectably real. There are no lost letters or crossed wires; they must simply and honorably overcome the very real barriers to their happily ever after. I also appreciated lots of timely references to politics, international relations, and economics of the period. Great!
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