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Blurb for PLEASURING THE LADY:
Once the game begins,
there is no tearing your gaze away.
Her mother's madness and her father's and brother's irresponsibility have relegated Lady Portia to the life of a wallflower. The only shining light in her life is her best friend, Ava, who is suffering a rift with her own brother.
Portia's quest to help takes her to the notorious Donville Masquerade in the hells, where behind the safety of a mask she witnesses shocking public acts of sin. And succumbs to the touch of Marquis Miles Weatherfield.
Unfortunately, they're discovered. And now, tainted by scandal, she and Miles are destined for a marriage neither of them want. But Portia makes a bargain that raises even Miles' eyebrows.
In return for saving her mother from the asylum, Portia will do anything Miles wants in bed. Shocked by his driving desire for Portia, Miles agrees. As they explore every wicked desire, every forbidden act that pleases them, they discover something that goes far deeper than flesh. But the lies that brought them together could be the very wedge that drives them apart.
Warning: This book contains wicked encounters, erotic voyeurism, lies, a brief threesome, and unexpected kindnesses.
Her mother's madness and her father's and brother's irresponsibility have relegated Lady Portia to the life of a wallflower. The only shining light in her life is her best friend, Ava, who is suffering a rift with her own brother.
Portia's quest to help takes her to the notorious Donville Masquerade in the hells, where behind the safety of a mask she witnesses shocking public acts of sin. And succumbs to the touch of Marquis Miles Weatherfield.
Unfortunately, they're discovered. And now, tainted by scandal, she and Miles are destined for a marriage neither of them want. But Portia makes a bargain that raises even Miles' eyebrows.
In return for saving her mother from the asylum, Portia will do anything Miles wants in bed. Shocked by his driving desire for Portia, Miles agrees. As they explore every wicked desire, every forbidden act that pleases them, they discover something that goes far deeper than flesh. But the lies that brought them together could be the very wedge that drives them apart.
Warning: This book contains wicked encounters, erotic voyeurism, lies, a brief threesome, and unexpected kindnesses.
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When Lady Portia attends
the notorious Donville Masquerade, a place of sinful pleasure and
debauchery, in search of the Earl of Windbury, her dear friend's brother, she
discovers more than just things that shock her innocent sensibilities. She discovers the thrill of a kiss
from a man with whom she is acquainted and now desires her but will never want
her once he discovers her identity, or so she thinks.
Caught in a compromising
situation with a former friend’s innocent sister, Miles Weatherfield desires to
do the right thing by her but fears that she will wish for more. Marriage, a
desire to spoil her, and to ensure Portia’s comfort as well as that of her
mother, is the most he believes he can give her but when thoughts of love begin
to creep into his thoughts - he panics and attempts to ruin himself in Portia’s
eyes.
PLEASURING THE LADY,
book two of The Pleasure War series by Jess Michaels is captivating in its
Cinderella-themed essence. Portia once knew the fine life but has been reduced to
a level of near poverty by a selfish, arrogant, and mean-spirited brother. Her
mother suffers from the loss of her former life, her husband, and if it were present
day, she would be diagnosed as manic-depressive. Her son Hammond is cruel to
both mother and sister and threatens to put his own mother in a horrible
madhouse. Miles is both savior and Prince Charming for Portia and her mother. Portia
is not one to accept charity even when her reputation is at stake and so offers
Miles the only thing she can call her own – her body – in return to for a near
fairy tale existence with Miles giving her all that she needs, in and out of
the bedroom. With a bargain in place, they settle into a marriage of
convenience that carries passion and comfort when each begins to understand the
lives that have brought them together.
Miles is a tortured man
with a heart of gold and Portia brings out the best in him. He’s kind to those
who deserve his kindness and defender against those who would want to cause
harm to those under his protection. He’s a wonderful hero and my heart breaks
for him when he desires love but doesn’t feel he is deserving of it. Jess really does conjure up fabulous characters.
I highly recommend
PLEASURING THE LADY by Jess Michaels to everyone who loves a fairy tale
happily-ever-after love story because this is it.
It’s an extraordinary,
sensuous, tantalizing romance. It will leave you with such a wonderful happy-ending
feeling that you’ll turn the last page hoping for more. I did.
Happy Reading Everyone!
PLEASURING THE LADY, a
Pleasure Wars novel by Jess Michaels, Samhain Publishing, release date –
November 19, 2013 and will be available in ebook formats at Amazon, Barnes& Noble, and Kobobooks.
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