To Please A Lady, Lori Brighton
To Please A Lady, Lori Brighton
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To Please A Lady

Author: Lori Brighton

Narrator: Fiona Underwood

Unabridged: 10 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/10/2013


Synopsis

Eleanor wanted a night of passion. James just wanted to survive. Instead, they found an unexpected and forbidden love that threatens all they hold dear.With her stunning beauty and impeccable reputation, Lady Eleanor Beckett is a society darling to emulate, respected by everyone in the ton. But Eleanor’s seemingly perfect life is marred by a dark secret. Determined to know happiness and passion just once, she travels in disguise to a place she’s heard whispers about for years: the infamous Lavender Hills Estate, a brothel that caters to women. There, she meets the surprisingly kind, strikingly handsome, and completely inappropriate James McKinnon, a man who may be just what she needs to melt the ice surrounding her broken heart.James McKinnon is content at Lavender Hills Estate. Affable and handsome, it’s not surprising that James is one of Lady Lavender’s most popular men. He found the path out of crippling poverty through Lavender Hills, and with the money he makes from his work, he is able to support his widowed mother and young sister. James is surprised to find he cares for Eleanor, the beauty with the sad eyes. After all, he’s never cared for a client before—caring interferes with business. Unfortunately, society would never accept a relationship between an escort and a lady.Despite their stations, Eleanor and James can’t extinguish the passion they’ve ignited. Will they be able to break through the confines of London society, or will their forbidden love and complicated pasts destroy everything they care about—including each other?

About Lori Brighton

As a child, Lori Brighton relished the thought of a life filled with adventure in far-off places. Determined to become an archaeologist, she earned a degree in anthropology—only to discover that digging in the dirt beneath the punishing sun wasn’t much fun. She packed up her love of history and took a job in an air-conditioned museum, yet still her thirst for adventure wasn’t satisfied. And so she began to write, bringing the people in her imagination to life on the printed page. With her debut novel Wild Heart, she finally married her loves of history and adventure. Today she is the author of more than a half-dozen historical romance, paranormal romance, and young-adult novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by HR-ML

Mostly 1869. Had potential but ultimately a disappointment. This had more gloom than love story + involved revenge, also a cruel spouse. MCs James & Lady Ellie both masked their feelings & exceeded a reasonable limit on final good- byes. (They reminded me of Columbo on the old Mystery Movies, re-ente......more

The best aspect of this story is not the budding love between Eleanor and James, but rather James's transformation - growth, really, from that of a young man content with his job as a gigolo, to an independent man seeking revenge for his kidnapping and to protect the woman he loves, instead of just......more

Goodreads review by Farrah

My Rating: 4.5/5 Full of secrets, betrayals, and intense romance, To Please a Lady was a fantastic historical romance. It was a book that took me by surprise and I enjoyed every bit of it. Eleanor was a strong heroine. Her marriage is a disaster. Her husband hits her and has the audacity to keep his m......more