His Mistress by Christmas (Sinful Family Secrets, #3)

by Victoria Alexander

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Lady Smithson lost her beloved husband after years of blissful marriage. It has been three years now and Veronica is ready to move on. Since title and fortune are already hers, she does not wish to be saddled with a husband. Lady Smithton simply wants a lover.

Sir Sebastian Hadley-Attwater has returned home after years of travel to exotic locations. He has purchased an estate and is now ready to settle down and write his memoirs. That is until he meets Lady Smithson and his thoughts turn to having a beautiful, intelligent and vibrant wife to settle down with.

When Veronica turns down Sebastian’s offer of marriage, indicating her desire to be his mistress, he decides to take her to his new home in hopes that he will seduce her into accepting his offer to be his wife. When his family drops in for Christmas to meet his new wife, things are just starting to get interesting.

This was a delightful story and Veronica and Sebastian are wonderful together. Veronica reminds me of an older and more mature Lizzy Bennett with her quick wit and playfulness.

I can see the characters being set up for futures stories. Although I appreciate that several of the characters are widows and the use of the mature, experienced woman will lead to more interesting stories lines than the innocent maidens, but with more than half of the characters introduced being widows and widowers at a very young age, makes me feel like you only have a small chance for your main characters to have a HEA that will last until a golden anniversary.

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