His Lady Mistress
by Elizabeth Rolls

When Max, Earl Blakehurst, meets Verity he sees a downtrodden servant. He doesn't recognize her as the daughter of a colonel under whom he used to serve, the girl he'd once helped years before. The life Verity's now living is untenable. So he proposes a shocking solution—he will set her up as his mistress.

It's only once that Verity's finally agreed, once Max is beginning to lose his heart to her, that he discovers her true identity. Max is taken aback; he would never have suggested this lady become his mistress. Now, to avoid scandal, they'll have to marry!
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“Why do you want me as your mistress?”
And why am I even asking? Verity wondered. Max blinked.
“Isn’t that obvious?”
“No.”
She couldn’t imagine why he would want her. According to her aunt and cousins, she had nothing to recommend her. Oh, she knew why Godfrey wanted her. Because...