A Lady Awakened (Blackshear Family #1)
Cecilia Grant
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
3.79
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 72 ratings · Published: 27 Dec 2011
Newly widowed and desperate to protect her estate and beloved servants from her malevolent brother-in-law, Martha Russell conceives a daring plan. Or rather, a daring plan to conceive. After all, if she has an heir on the way, her future will be secured. Forsaking all she knows of propriety, Martha approaches her neighbor, a London exile with a wicked reputation, and offers a strictly business proposition: a month of illicit interludes . . . for a fee.
Theophilus Mirkwood ought to be insulted. Should be appalled. But how can he resist this siren in widow’s weeds, whose offer is simply too outrageously tempting to decline? Determined she’ll get her money’s worth, Theo endeavors to awaken this shamefully neglected beauty to the pleasures of the flesh—only to find her dead set against taking any enjoyment in the scandalous bargain. Surely she can’t resist him forever. But could a lady’s sweet surrender open their hearts to the most unexpected arrival of all . . . love?
Tagged as:
- historical 26
- pregnancy 24
- regency 21
- sunny/happy hero 17
- grumpy/ice queen 15
- grumpy & sunshine 13
- independent heroine 13
- take-charge heroine 13
- secret relationship 12
- sweet/gentle hero 9
- breeding 9
- dual pov 9
- third person pov 9
- competent heroine 8
- funny 8
- himbo 7
- m-f romance 4
- bondage 3
- somnophilia 2
- male pov 1
- rich hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- third party sexual assault 4
- non-consent between mcs 1
- past sexual abuse 1
- geography
- england 3
- western & central europe 1
- british isles 1
- united kingdom 1
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The 'Blackshear Family' series
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historical · m-f · dual-pov · regency · strong heroine · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · death · england · cold heroine · western-central-europe · virgin heroine · open-door · explicit-open-door · angst · humor · competent heroine · british-isles · united-kingdom · class difference
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