A Well Pleasured Lady: Well Pleasured #2 (Well Pleasured Series, 1)

There are quite a few opposite opinions on the review of this book. Myself, I loved it! Lady Guinevere Mary Fairchild had disappeared from the face of the earth and had hidden herself in the Scottish highlands assuming the identity of housekeeper for the elderly Lady Valery. As the story opens, Lady Valery's godson, Sebastion, Lord Whitfield, has come to help his godmother retrieve a missing tell-all diary. Let me just say here, that Lady Valery gives new meaning to the phrase of one having "frost on the roof but still fire in the furnace" - this secondary character alone rates the book a 5* review!Lord Whitfield, could identify her as a murdress, as he was the only witness that saw her with dirt and blood on her dress the night she had committed murder. His request for her assistance and her devotion to Lady Valery who had been both her friend and employer these last 10 years convinced her to help them to retrieve the diary.Both Mary and Sebastian had little reason to trust or even like one another. She being a Fairchild and he being a Durant. The Fairchilds had been the cause of his family's ruin and disgrace, and Mary, was on pins and needles waiting to be turned over to the authorities and hung. Yet, there was that attraction that both felt yet neither would admit.Now, the cause of the big descrepancy here is whether Mary was forced, raped or a willing participant. I do not believe rape was an issue here, forced to accept her own passion yes, but rape, not! Does one swoon, and orgasm over rape - I think not.The Fairchild family is a trip. The Uncles run the gamut from the most evil to the most benign as do the cousins. All in all a wonderful cast of supporting characters! This was another 5* effort by Ms. Dodd. You won't regret picking up a copy to read!

It took me quite a while to decide if I actually like the book or not. After the first reading I found it merely average. However, I reread it and I loved it - tremendously so. True, the characters seem strange and the plot resembles a stage play but this is also what I liked most. Thanks to Ms Dodds writing style you get the feeling that you are in the heads of the characters (this is probably why I found it so odd first) and it's amusing once you figure out that they are sometimes deceiving themselves - just like real people. Anyway, I can certainly understand that it is not everybody's cup of tea but once you get into the spirit of the book it's big fun.As to rape and violence: I don't think that applies to AWPL. While reading the scene in question I never thought that Sebastian forced Mary. Hey, she makes not attempts to stop him and has no wish to do so - plainly spoken, she has a great time (and it's fiction anyway).Decide for yourself if you like it or not, but it's a great book. In my opinion Ms Dodds best.

This is a stellar, steamy read from one of the best romance writers out there. The plot is fun. The characters are quirky and real. And there is a love scene in a corner of a room that, I guarantee you, will peel the polish off your toenails. Bravo, Ms. Dodd! Another winner!

I've always liked Christina Dodd, but this one is the best. What a man! And the heroine the only one who could tame him. Great stuff. The old lady is funny, too.

This book is a wonderful read. The heroine, Mary, spent years hiding as a housekeeper to Lady Vale'ry. Years ago she has shot dead a man who was trying to rape her brother. And now Lady Vale'ry's relative Sebastian Durant seeks her help to seek a diary stolen by her relatives. And Sebastian was the one witness to her shooting of the panderast years ago. What makes this book a good read is the taut sexual tension between those two, so taut you can cut it with a knife. Sebastian is a complex man - hardened by years of poverty, ruthless in getting what he wants, he wants Mary. Mary spent years encasing her heart in ice, becoming an utterly practical but ultimately frigid woman. These two are totally wrong yet so right for each other. I admit I had to wince at some of Sebastian's antics, but then again, that was Sebastian. Ms Dodd couldn't write him - and I wouldn't want him to be - any different. Clever dialogue, humour, and scorching sensuality. A volatile mix too good to be missed by any romance reader.