The Determined Mistress
Series: The De Petras Saga #4
Author: Emily E.K. Murdoch
Published September 13th 2022 by Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.

Goodreads Synopsis
Micah de Petras finds solace in one place: the arms of his mistress.

That should be mistresses – after all, why limit yourself to one? Micah never saw the point in settling for anything less, considering it’s his sister and not himself who is the de Petras heir.

Babysitting his sister? Holding an actual baby? Isn’t there some sort of gambling den he can lose himself in?

Scorned by the other gentleman of Society and frustrated with the constant irritations of his family, Micah returns again and again to the only woman who wants nothing more from him than his weekly allowance. The trouble is, Catherine Tetlow has had enough.

Enough of being Micah’s Thursday evening; enough of making love then waking up alone; enough of being treated merely like a mistress by the turbulent handsome gentleman. She has a plan, and Catherine is determined to win not just the body, but the heart of Micah de Petras.

If only she did not have so much to lose with secrets of her own…

When a gentleman vows never to lose his heart and his favorite mistress challenges him to do just that, sparks will fly and hearts will be bruised as a couple who are certainly not a couple are both determined not to have their way – no matter the cost?
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.

Micah de Petras is in the unusual situation of being usurped by his older sister as heir to the de Petras fortune. When his peers are all lauded as heirs, he is ridiculed, and finds spending time with his family a chore. Instead, he gambles, and drinks, and drowns his sorrows in the arms of his mistresses. However, his favourite mistress, Catherine, has had enough of only one night a week. Having to support her young siblings, Catherine wants more, and she is determined that Micah is the way to get it. But as the two seem to fall for each other, will they overcome the odds?

This book was my least favourite so far. Every time we've met Micah in the past, he's been so whiny and whingy that I wasn't really looking forward to his book, and though this wasn't as bad as I expected, he didn't really grow on me. I liked Catherine, and the way she was somewhat up front with her reasons for being a mistress, and why she was wanting more from Micah. The main thing I liked from this book was that the family seemed to grow more tighter, and I'm really looking forward to Sapphy's book, because her and Maltravers are definitely made for each other!

Dates Read:
October 7, 2022

Rating
3 Stars