The Duke's Mistress

by Ann Elizabeth Cree

The Duke's Mistress by Ann Elizabeth Cree released on Apr 23, 2004 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Historical, Historical Romance, Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Historical, Regency, Historical Fiction

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 4, 2002

About the author

Ann Elizabeth Cree finished her first historical romance, A Bargain With Fate, while on maternity leave with her first child. In 1995, A Bargain With Fate won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award for bestunpublished Regency Romance. Harlequin Mills and Boon later bought the book and it was published in 1998.

Since then, she has published six other historical romances with Mills and Boon. Her books have also been sold in the USA under the Harlequin Historical imprint, and have been reprinted in several different languages.

Three of her books have made the Nielson Bookscan Hot 100 - Great Britain listing. Romantic Times has consistently given her books 4 star reviews. Her books have placed in several contests and in 2003, THE DUKE'S MISTRESS won the Voulsia County Romance Writers Laurel Wreath Award.

She has been a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA) and of the Coeur du Bois chapter since 1994. She currently serves as the treasurer of The Beau Monde, the Regency special interest chapter of RWA.

After receiving an MS in Home Economics from Washington State University, she worked as a public health nutritionist for several years. She later became a CPA and worked as a legislative auditor for the State of Idaho.

Reviews

[Patrizia]

Niente mi irrita di più che una buona storia mandata a ramengo. Il tema della moglie venduta/ceduta/oggetto di scommessa ha costituito l'accattivante inizio di alcuni romanzi degli ultimi secoli, inglesi e americani, e viene oggi spesso ripreso - non sempre con successo – dalle autrici del cosiddetto 'historical romance'.
In questo caso, dopo i primi capitoli pieni di pathos, l'intreccio perde di credibilità, i personaggi diventano l'ombra di se stessi e la plausibilità storica viene totalmente ignorata.
Certo, si può scherzare con la storia, come faceva la grande Georgette Heyer; ma in quel caso è importante che il lettore entri anche lui nel gioco, e non si perda per strada tra improbabili 'peripezie' e banali scene di sesso.

[Nightwitch]

Undemanding read. The author really bent over backwards to avoid making either the hero or the heroine actually bad, meaning that the first chapter is virtually incomprehensible in the complexity of its set-up. There is a lot of non-communication. Overall, though, the book had to fit into the parameters of a category romance and given that, it was pretty readable.

[PATRICIA KUNA]

Justin is looking for Isabelle for revenge.

She did deceive him and he almost died.

Now he wants her to pay her debt that her husband made.

She agrees when he sets out to court her sister-in lay.

They make a contract and things do not go well but they do slowly become friends.

Eventually they find the love that was there.

This is a good read.

[Melissa]

I fell in love with this story and its plot.
This poor girls puts up with so much and manages to remain humble and still give her heart.
It is very easy to feel lonely and pain for her when she is ruined privately and publicly in London.
I do wish I was able to read more about her husband and wish that she had gotten some retribution when he was alive.
This is a great read for anyone with a romantic heart.

[Sylvia]

Regency

[Aly is so frigging bored]

I had this book for some time so I decided to read it. It was so weird... Some of it didn't make any sense to me.

[Tibisay]

I really liked this book and was upset when it ended!

[Amber]

The villains were so truly, completely villainous. No gray here. Recommend.

[Laura Calderone]

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