After a year of grand adventures touring the classical ruins of Italy and Greece, Iphiginia Bright returned to England to discover that the real excitement was at home. It seems that her Aunt Zoe has fallen victim to a sinister blackmailer and only Iphiginia can hope to stop the culprit before he can do more harm. Her plan is inspired: Imitating history’s most legendary beauties–Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Aphrodite–the former schoolmistress will remake herself, and descend upon London Society as the dazzling mistress of Marcus Valerius Cloud, the infamous Earl of Masters. Rumors hint that the Earl has disappeared at the blackmailer’s hands, and by posing as his unknown mistress, Iphiginia is convinced she can ferret out the villain. Overnight, Iphiginia is transformed into a vision with a host of eager admirers, including one she does not expect — the Earl of Masters himself, who strides into a shimmering ballroom one evening to cooly reclaim his “mistress”. He is everything they say he is… arrogant, attractive, devastatingly seductive, and Iphiginia can’t help but be enthralled. But when Marcus agrees to play along with her charade, she doesn’t know that the determined earl has plans of his own: to tease and tempt her, until the beautiful deceiver becomes more than his mistress in name only.
From the Paperback edition.
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Sexual Content - 3/5
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Violence - 2/5
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Language - 2/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 1/5
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Summary
Overall I found the book just plain fun from the very beginning where Iphiginia is dressing in white with her white carriage and white horses marqarading as the Earl of Masters' mistress, to her finding out Marcus is alive. The characters are clever, the plot well delivered, and some unusual settings to include the hall of 'naughty'
statuary.
Violence There are a couple deaths, nothing described in detail or distrubing
Language Some curse words but nothing crude. Ex Damnation and hell are most frequently used.
Sexual Approximately four scenes that are well written.
Drug & Alcohol Some drinking of brandy.