Six-Month Mistress by Katherine Garbera (SD 1802)

Back Cover:

Mistress: signed, sealed, and delivered. 

Years ago, in a desperate move, a suddenly destitute Bella McNamara had agreed to become Jeremy Harper's mistress for six months.  Now the time had finally come for Jeremy to claim her.  But he didn't know he already owned every inch of Bella, including her heart.  She'd fallen madly in love with the powerful man even before she'd signer herself away.  And now she had six very intimate months to put her own plan into action: becoming Jeremy's beloved wife. 

My Review:

This was a fun read, but there were a couple problems with the premise and execution of the plot for me.  The premise is that she met him and fell for him 3 years ago, but we never even see any flashbacks to show why she started loving him, we only see her once she starts having sex with him (so the reader doesn't feel connected to the love, because we didn't see it start).  I didn't understand what made her think she loved him or wanted to marry him during the three missing years, he was a cross between "her personal Santa" and a stranger during those years.  I didn't really understand the point to the three year delay: why did he wait three years to collect?  It served no real purpose for her, it's not like she had a personal life or experiences during that period to mature her, she was the same innocent waif she'd been before (except she had become a bit more of a success professionally).  The hero was a little TOO determined to only have the heroine as his mistress, because of his fear of being like his womanizing dad, but the dad issues were never dealt with, he just all of a sudden declared he wanted love/marriage with the heroine.  The love scenes were more sexual than sensual, the heroine didn't feel as active a partner. 

Rating: 2.5/5 stars, I had problems connecting and understanding this book.