The Counterfeit Mistress
Author: Madeline Hunter
Reviewer: Ang
Rating: DNF
What I’m Talking About:
Let me start by saying this book has great potential, and I was super excited to get. Spies, Refugees, French versus English, Love, Seduction, a handsome viscount as our hero and a war-torn French refugee determined to do anything to protect herself and her father as the heroine. There is so much to work with, but the reality is I’ll likely never know if all the pieces came together to reach it’s potential or not.
Don’t get me wrong, I tried. For more than a month I tried to get into this book. I picked it up no fewer than six times, and each time I couldn’t get more than a few pages into it before setting it down. It simply didn’t hold my interest. I finally gave up when I reached chapter eight, and it was still dragging. I understand a slow starting book, but by chapter four or five things should be picking up; however, we were still wandering the streets of London. Or was it Bath? Wait, maybe it was Brighton… I can’t even tell you, which is sad because I really wanted to read this book.
DNF – Did Not Finish
About the Book:
A refugee from the war in France, Marielle Lyon has established herself at the fringes of London society. Claiming to be the niece of an executed aristocrat, Marielle welcomes the gossip that she is a spy. The more eyes she has watching her, the better protected she is—and the better chance she has of saving her father’s life.
A warrior at heart, Alban Norwood, Viscount Kendale, would still be in uniform if not for his older brother’s untimely death. After all he’s seen, Kendale doesn’t trust the French—or their femmes fatales. He has set up a surveillance network to ferret out undercover agents, and he believes he’s found one in the delicate, mysterious Marielle.
Ready to pounce on his tempting prey, Kendale arranges a meeting with Marielle, who is more beautiful and more cunning than he anticipated. But the Viscount is ready to do whatever it takes to unmask her—even if it means playing a game of seduction…
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Publisher: Jove
Series: Fairbourne Quartet #3
ISBN: #978-0515151381
Genre: Historical Romance
Format(s): Paperback (336 pgs), e-book
Book Source: Publisher/NetGalley
Purchase Info:
The Counterfeit Mistress (Fairbourne Quartet #3)
