Published: June 30, 2011
Words: 64,197 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452459967

Short description

Lily is in dire straits. She’s been disowned by her London family and needs a job. Lord Ashbourne is equally at ends, his fiancée having jilted him for a commoner and run off to the Continent. He hatches a plan, convincing Lily to play his absent “wife”. Soon enough, playacting turns to real attraction, and friendship to aching, mounting desire...

Extended description

When Lily wends her way down the country lane to Lilyvale Manor, she hopes the coincidence of names bodes well, for she is in dire straits. She’s been disowned by her London family and finds herself desperately in need of a job.

Lord Ashbourne is equally at ends, his fiancée having jilted him for a commoner and run off to the Continent. Her powerful society family is determined to delay the breaking scandal in order to save the younger sister's prospects. When a servant leads Lily to his parlor, James is astonished to discover how closely she resembles the missing lady of the manor.

He hatches a plan, convincing Lily to play his absent “wife” to keep the gossips at bay. He reassures her it will be in name only, but soon enough, playacting turns to real attraction, and friendship to aching, mounting desire. The strictures of society and unforeseen tragedy combine to test the pair's forbidden love, even as they are driven ever closer into one another's arms…

This novel con.. (Read more) When Lily wends her way down the country lane to Lilyvale Manor, she hopes the coincidence of names bodes well, for she is in dire straits. She’s been disowned by her London family and finds herself desperately in need of a job.

Lord Ashbourne is equally at ends, his fiancée having jilted him for a commoner and run off to the Continent. Her powerful society family is determined to delay the breaking scandal in order to save the younger sister's prospects. When a servant leads Lily to his parlor, James is astonished to discover how closely she resembles the missing lady of the manor.

He hatches a plan, convincing Lily to play his absent “wife” to keep the gossips at bay. He reassures her it will be in name only, but soon enough, playacting turns to real attraction, and friendship to aching, mounting desire. The strictures of society and unforeseen tragedy combine to test the pair's forbidden love, even as they are driven ever closer into one another's arms…

This novel contains spanking, light bondage, and light BDSM elements.
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Tags

romance, erotica, fantasy, historical, victorian, bdsm, submission, bondage, spanking, dominance

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Review by: Mikayla HERNANDEZ on Aug. 13, 2011 : (no rating)
Loved it. I. Hope the writer does more historical. Recommend this book if you like historical erotica you will love it.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Steve on Aug. 02, 2011 :
Quite a good read, but as has been previously mentioned not sure if the spanking quite worked. Either way it didn't hurt the story line, just not sure it helped the story line. But I'm being picky, it was a good read regardless.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: kara douglass on July 22, 2011 :
This story is very well written, have a great plot and the surprises in it didn't seem overexgerated or silly. the build up was great and would recomend this book to any historical romance fan!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Sarah L on July 03, 2011 :
An enjoyable read. I'm still deciding if the whole spanking thing worked with the story line or not. It seemed a bit over the top at times. Overall a very good book and I will be reading more by this author.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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