HIS RELUCTANT MISTRESSBook 2 of Aikenhead Honours seriesLord Leo Aikenhead-playboy, rake, irresistible to women. Except one…Leo becomes acting leader of the Aikenhead Honours in late summer 1814, when they are sent to spy at the Congress of Vienna, where most of the crowned heads of Europe are assembling to carve up the continent. Aided by his brother Jack and their friend Ben, Leo uses his reputation as a notorious rake to cover his spying activities.For once, Leo's success with the ladies is not assured. He encounters Sophie, a woman who is more than a match for him. But there is increasing unrest in France and the Duke of Wellington wants his own spies on the ground there. Wellington orders the Honours' forces to be split-Jack and Ben to France, Leo to remain alone in Austria to defend England's interests.Can Leo tackle all the intrigue alone?And how much is he prepared to risk to rescue the woman he loves?Revised edition of the novel originally published by Harlequin S.A. in 2009 Joanna Maitland published 13 Regency historicals with Harlequin Mills & Boon which have sold well over a million copies around the world, with readers in countries as diverse as Japan and Brazil. She is now an independently published author. She is continuing to write Regencies, but also hopping over the hedge into lush new pastures, like medieval romance, time-slip and fantasy. Her latest droolworthy hero -- coming soon -- is a vampire who solves mysteries on the side, with help from a couple of female sidekicks.Joanna is one of the founding partners of Libertà Books where there is a blog every Sunday. Joanna herself blogs about twice a month on all sorts of subjects from Regency costume to self-publishing and formatting your book.Read more about Joanna at libertabooks.com/joanna. The blogs are at libertabooks.com/blog. Joanna's books can be found via Books2Read.com/JoannaMaitland.
