A Lady Awakened, Cecilia Grant
A Lady Awakened, Cecilia Grant
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A Lady Awakened

Author: Cecilia Grant

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 12 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/11/2012


Synopsis

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?

About Cecilia Grant

Cecilia Grant is the author of the historical romance novels A Lady Awakened and A Gentleman Undone. The holder of a degree in English, Cecilia makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her fellow writer husband, two bookish children, and unliterary cat and dog.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wollstonecrafthomegirl on July 02, 2020

In my idle hours, and in my less idle ones, I spend more time than is reasonable pondering the following questions: what’s my favourite romance novel? If I was sent to a desert island and could only take one with me, which would it be? The answer usually changes with my mood. But my God, Cecilia Gra......more

Goodreads review by Jane on November 18, 2011

My mind kept wandering. It did not hold my interest. I did not enjoy the rigid heroine with no emotional interactions. STORY BRIEF: Martha did not marry for love. She married to avoid being dependent on her brother. Her husband died ten months later from a horse accident. She learns that her brother-i......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on January 20, 2025

(Blink. Blink.) WHAT was THAT??!! This book might as well have been an alien spacecraft landing in my yard. I’ve never read anything like it. I’ve run across characters like Theophilus before: well-dressed, charming fribbles who excel at social popularity and sexual pleasure and very little else. I’m......more

Goodreads review by ♡Karlyn P♡ on August 10, 2012

4.5! I've been hearing this author mentioned a lot lately, and now I know why. This historical romance is easily on par with some of the best authors of this genre - Balogh, Quinn, Kleypas...etc. I think the one thing I enjoyed most about this story is how I got to see the romance evolve from a cold......more