More Than a Mistress - (Mistress Trilogy) by Mary Balogh (Paperback)

About the Book

When Jane Ingleby interferes with a duel in London's Hyde Park involving the scandalous Duke of Tresham, he gets shot. He hires her as his nurse, vowing that she will share in his misery as he recovers. As she scolds his bad manners and learns his secrets, Tresham offers to put Jane up in his townhouse. Love is the last thing on his mind.

Book Synopsis

In this captivating novel, Mary Balogh, the premier writer of Regency romance, invites you into a world of scandal and seduction, of glittering high society and intrigue, as an arrogant duke does the unthinkable--he falls in love with his mistress.

She races onto the green, desperate to stop a duel. In the melée, Jocelyn Dudley, Duke of Tresham, is shot. To his astonishment, Tresham finds himself hiring the servant as his nurse. Jane Ingleby is far too bold for her own good. Her blue eyes are the sort a man could drown in--were it not for her impudence. She questions his every move, breaches his secrets, touches his soul. When he offers to set her up in his London town house, love is the last thing on his mind.

Jane tries to pretend it's strictly business, an arrangement she's been forced to accept in order to conceal a dangerous secret. Surely there is nothing more perilous than being the lover of such a man. Yet as she gets past his devilish façade and sees the noble heart within, she knows the greatest jeopardy of all, a passion that drives her to risk everything on one perfect month with the improper gentleman who thinks that love is for fools.

Review Quotes

"A stunningly good work of romantic fiction. Mary Balogh reaches deep and touches the heart."--Joan Johnston, New York Times bestselling author of Shattered

About the Author

Mary Balogh is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including the acclaimed Slightly and Simply series, the Mistress novels, and the five titles in her Huxtable series: First Comes Marriage, Then Comes Seduction, At Last Comes Love, Seducing an Angel, and A Secret Affair. A former teacher, she grew up in Wales and now lives in Canada.