Serena Prentice’s only hope for happiness is to learn to seduce her indifferent husband-to-be, the devastating attractive Rayne Talbot. Unfortunately, since he is being forced to marry her, Rayne wants nothing to do with her. Desperate, she plots a visit to his rumored mistress, the beautiful Countess Van Herold, only to find herself seduced instead, the experience awakening an unexpected sensual side to her nature she never dreamed existed.

Rayne cannot decide if he is intrigued or outraged at the thought of his former mistress tutoring his innocent young bride in the art of carnal pleasure, until he yields to his growing curiosity and takes her to bed himself. Blackmailed into the unwanted marriage, he is surprised to find himself captivated by Serena’s loveliness …and her uninhibited sexual abandon. Exploring together a world of unbridled pleasure, Serena and Rayne find that their unlikely union might just be a match made in heaven, after all…

I picked this one up on a lark from eBookwise. I liked the blurb and the excerpt so I decided to try it. It turned out to be a cute story.

Neither Serena nor Rayne had a choice about the marriage, but Serena wants to make it work regardless. Rayne is very bitter over being manipulated by his father and wants nothing to do with Serena.

I really liked Rayne and Serena. I like that Rayne let go of his animosity toward Serena and judged her on her own merit. I liked that Serena took matters into her own hands. It was kind of shocking that Serena went to Rayne’s mistress to find out more about what he likes, but it worked in the context of the story.

The sex was hot, but I liked the story, too. It was short, but good. Definitely a recommend read.

Warning: There are m/f/f and f/f scenes.

4 out of 5

This book is available in e-format only from Phaze. You can buy it here or here for the Kindle.