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    The Earl's Mistress
    The Earl's Mistress
    The Earl's Mistress
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    The Earl's Mistress

    Written by Liz Carlyle

    Narrated by Carolyn Morris

    3.5/5

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    New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle creates her darkest, most sensuous story yet, as a delectable but desperate governess runs headlong into the path of a notorious rake

    Women rarely refuse the wicked Earl of Hepplewood, whose daring exploits are only whispered about. But when his new governess answers his proposition with a slap, then stalks out, references in hand, Hepplewood finds more than his face is burning.

    Isabella Aldridge has brains, bravado, and beauty—but the latter is no use to a servant. Her circumstances are desperate, and with Hepplewood's words ringing in her ears, Isabella realizes she must barter her most marketable asset . . . her body.

    But when fate sends Isabella back into Hepplewood's arms, the earl must make an impossible choice—draw Isabella down into his sensual darkness, or behave with honor for the first time in his life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateAug 26, 2014
    ISBN9780062359568
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    Liz Carlyle

    A lifelong Anglophile, Liz Carlyle cut her teeth reading gothic novels under the bedcovers by flashlight. She is the author of over twenty historical romances, including several New York Times bestsellers. Liz travels incessantly, ever in search of the perfect setting for her next book. Along with her genuine romance-hero husband and four very fine felines, she makes her home in North Carolina.

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    • 2/5
      Not really my thing, but thats subjective.
      However I think there are some problematic situations. For example describing the discussion of equality as boring and unimportant. Without any further mention of the subject.
    • 1/5
      The Earl's Mistress is a distressingly uneven genre-blending mix of erotica and historical romance, featuring an indecisive, unappealing heroine, Isabella, with way too much physical baggage in the form of 2 younger half-sisters in her care, and a hero, Tony, wielding way too much emotional baggage. Their encounters and relationship seem contrived and inauthentic in this over-long meandering story.
    • 3/5
      I’ve been a Liz Carlyle fan for a few years and she’s an auto-buy for me, but admit I haven’t really kept up with her like I should. When the opportunity came to participate in the blog tour for THE EARL’S MISTRESS I couldn’t pass up the chance.We have good character development. Our heroine, Isabella Aldridge is trying to make ends meet and raise two girls. Her beauty makes it difficult to obtain a governess position but she’s not afraid to work hard. I had a bit of trouble warming up to Isabella because she tries to make a stand and then just goes with the flow. I wanted her to have a little more backbone. Our hero is Anthony, the Earl of Hepplewood and quite frankly I giggled every time I saw his title. It’s just a bit ah, silly sounding. I liked Anthony and could easily see he was tortured by some secret. I love tortured heroes and Anthony’s no exception. I really liked how much Anthony loved his daughter. We have a few secondary characters that are important including Anthony’s cousin Anne. We also have a villain (of course there has to be) and it’s Isabella’s cousin, Baron Tafford. I wish we had more scenes with him other than a couple because I wanted a reason to dislike him other than what we’re told.I debated with the rating heavily and even at one point contemplated giving it a two, but it’s a typical Carlyle book with regards to the writing and the characters. My main issue isn’t Isabella’s reluctance at being at mistress, but rather her uncertainty in wanting to participate in a little BDSM. There’s a big difference in this book and TEMPTED ALL NIGHT where the heroine admitted to the hero she likes to be restrained and therefore she believes liking restraint makes her wicked. In TEMPTED, the hero assures it’s okay and there’s a hilarious scene involving a pair of cuffs and the possibility of the servants discovering their secret. I’m okay with such scenes, but in THE EARL’S MISTRESS , it felt forced. At no point do I see Isabella actually enjoying being hit with a riding crop nor do I see her warming up to the possibility of BDSM. On top of that Isabella makes it known to Anthony that she had no discipline growing up and he informs her he knows why she’ll be into his lifestyle. Excuse me? No. Just no. I wanted Anthony to be okay with Isabella being happy with vanilla sex, but because she’s in love with him, it makes it okay to do things he wants even if she’s not comfortable.Carlyle has written about dark subjects but has always danced around the issue. We’re left to fill in the blanks and in the past I’ve never had a problem with that. With regards to the plot, it’s typical Carlyle. I’m okay with her giving us characters who do bad things because in real life bad things happen. I have no problem with the villain and what he does because we’re reminded that a lot of what happens today also happened back then. No, the real issue I have is Carlyle making Isabella’s reluctance okay.I love Carlyle because she gives us flawed characters who aren’t afraid to own up to their mistakes. Unfortunately, THE EARL’S MISTRESS just didn’t sit well with me. I loved the opening chapters and the tête-à-tête between Isabella and Anthony in those opening chapters. And even when Anthony revealed his dark secret, I was secretly hoping the reason he was into BDSM was because he had to punish himself for that secret. I kept hoping and hoping that it would be okay. I guess it isn’t fair to rate THE EARL’S MISTRESS as okay based on the sexual lifestyle preference of the hero and heroine. I just felt, that this particular couple, wasn’t completely into it and Carlyle somehow jumped shipped and went with a trend. In all honestly, I really liked the scenes where sex and sexual preferences weren’t the issue.If you’re a fan of Liz Carlyle, I recommend reading a few reviews before making a decision. Otherwise, fans of historical romance, borrow a copy. While THE EARL’S MISTRESS was an okay read, I’m still looking forward to reading what Carlyle publishes next.
    • 5/5
      To say that I am a fan of this author would be an understatement. I believe I have every book she’s written and some are print, some on my Kindle and some, as is this one, on both Kindle, copy and audio. Yeah, I am that kind of a bookworm.

      I’ve read all the others in this series, so naturally I had to read this one too. Let me say at the outset that I loved the Victorian setting as much as I loved the characters. As a matter a fact, I had to wrestle between liking and loving this story because of one thing that I’m not a huge fan of: BDSM.

      Now, before you start on me, let me explain why I had a bit of a problem with it. At first I thought “here we go again with ‘Fifty Shades of Gray'”, but as I thought more on it, I realized that for some reason the narrative worked within this story and by the end of the book, I accepted it and thought it was handled with thoughtfulness and care to the characters and who they were.

      Both hero and heroine were very complex individuals and both had shades of grey and weren’t just “good” or “bad”. They had flaws and a lot of baggage that needed to be worked through and I had a lot of fun watching them do just that.

      In the end, I loved the story and highly recommended it you read.

      Melanie for b2b

      Complimentary copy provided by the publisher