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Mistress
Written by Amanda Quick
Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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When a blackmailer threatens her Aunt Zoe, Iphiginia knows she can ferret out the villain. A 26-year-old vixen with the intellect to match her beauty, Iphiginia descends on London society as the dazzling mistress of the missing Earl of Masters-another supposed victim of the blackmailer. But when the missing earl suddenly reappears at a ball, Iphiginia is caught in her own clever lie.
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Amanda Quick
Amanda Quick is the pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz, the author, under various pen names, of more than fifty New York Times bestsellers; there are more than 35 million copies of her books in print. She lives in Seattle.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5OK story but too long
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Loved it! It has a unique plot, great wit.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing book complimented by an equally lovely voice. Thank you
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Mistress by Amanda QuickNarrated by: Barbara Rosenblat2 Stars - Found this audiobook in Audible’s Romance Package and decided to read something from when I first fell in love with romance! I remember loving Amanda Quick and quickly making it through her entire backlist. This time around, I found that the book lacked the witty dialogue I have come to expect in my historical romances, and instead favours discussing antiquities. I wonder if just my tastes have changed or if perhaps I just chose one of the books that wasn’t her best. I am sure I will try another of hers again in the future and see. The plot itself was alright, but I did find that it seemed to drag a bit. The narrator did a good job. I would listen to her again. ~Paragraphs and Petticoats~
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mistress
3 Stars
Marcus Cloud, Earl of Masters, is astonished to learn that his non-existent mistress is taking London by storm. Thus, he returns to Town to meet his "paramour", Mrs. Iphiginia Bright, only to discover that the intriguing young woman has adopted this masquerade to ferret out the identity of a nefarious blackmailer. Soon the two join forces to unmask the villain and perhaps turn their charade into something more real.
Marcus and Iphiginia are very likable as individuals and they have wonderful chemistry together. Unfortunately, the suspense plot is contrived with a very obscure and the culprit is obvious with an obscure and incomprehensible motive.
Moreover, Marcus's brother Bennet has got to be one of the most obnoxious characters in the history of romance. He is a self-absorbed, judgmental hypocrite and his behavior toward Iphiginia is unforgivable. The fact that it is more or less glossed over has the book losing a star.
While my read through Quick's backlist is enjoyable, it may be time to take a break for a while and get back to it later. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Features the usual pre-20th Century vaguely Victorian era that many historical novels and a headstrong female lead who is determined not to be tethered to someone who will make her less.Ipiginia [I'm probably going to muck it up at some stage and write Ipigenia as is more common and the spelling did leap out at me throughout.] is trying to help her Aunt Zoe who is being blackmailed; she's posing as the mistress of the Earl of Masters, a man the blackmailer claims he has killed.Only he isn't dead and his curiousity is aroused by this woman, so he investigates and finds more to her than he first thought.It's funny and fun and enjoyable and I was sucked in throughout.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The best laid plans of nieces and earls.....Another Quick worth rereading, another good fun.Publisher's blurb gives plot clues, but cannot convey the situational and/or conversational humor. Moves along quickly (I know, horrible pun), twists along quite nicely, and with truly enjoyable characters.Barbara Rosenblatt's performance really does add to the enjoyment!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not much to say. Just an average historical romance with a little bit of a mystery sub-plot.
I liked the heroine, Iphiginia Bright. She is smart, confident and however annoying that is to some people, especially to her family and poor Earl of Masters, she is always right. As he once said: "If she was exerting any effort at all to appear modest, she was failing spectacularly." Interactions between Iphiginia and him were the most fun part of the book. :) - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Mostly frothy fun.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5OK, I wanted something to read on the bath after a hard day in the garden, and this was suitably light. he's an eccentric Earl who was badly scarred by a first marriage. She's a young lady who is seeking a blackmailer. They come together, as she's entered Society posing as his mistress, and (this being a romance) fact soon mirrors fiction. And it's about as believable as that, really, but it went well with the mood I was in.
re-read 2013.
Picked for a bookclub challenge, this is one of those comfort books, a bit like a favourite jumper - nothing very bad happens in it - despite all the alarms & scares on the way you just know it'll end happily ever after. Iphingia's aunt is being blackmailed, and the note says that another victim, the Earl of Masters, has been murdered because he didn't pay up. So Iphingia (a miss and former school teacher of an academy for young ladies) decides to enter society as the mistress of the Earl of Masters. I said it was comfortable, not that it made any kind of sense. She does her homework on him, creates an illusion and half falls in love with him. Which is fine while he's rusticating in the country, but does kind of cause a stir when he returns to town. They have a few run ins with the blackmailer (who is out to cause trouble) and with the passion that's stirred up between them. But you can guess the ending. These are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine and he's one hero I'd not be throwing out of bed for eating crisps. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I read this when it originally came out (over 10 years ago now) and reread it once every 4 years or so. So I enjoy it - but it's a silly, frothy, light book. It has no historical accuracy, but Iphiginia Bright is a bright character, dressed all in white and pretending to be a dead man's mistress - and then he turns up! Again, there is the annoying theme of sex outside of marriage with no though of consequences, and the man who fears becoming a clockwork mechanical (Jo Beverly did it so much better with Rothgar!) but everything works out for the best and a pleasant few hours has passed.