Review: A sad goodbye.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 19, 2013
Her perfect match.This is the last book in the series, 'The Mistress Matchmaker'. (The other books in the series are:' An introduction to pleasure' and `For desire alone')Vivien Manning features in both those books, but this book is hers alone. It tells her story.This is the story of a young woman, who many years ago was forced into becoming a courtesan in order to survive. Now, although still very young, she has decided to leave the life she has led these many years to start anew somewhere else. Before she is to leave though, she makes a `To do' list of all the loose ends that need tying up first, and one of those loose ends is Benedict Greystone, a former protector, and possibly the only man that ever got under her skin.It is the story of Vivien Manning that Jess Michaels tells in this book. How she came to London, the people she touched, the image she built as a courtesan of the highest order and the young woman she has kept hidden deep within. It is also the story of a love that although frowned upon, might just get a second chance.Although there didn't seem to be as much `bodice ripping' in this book as in others by the author, and though the story seemed to move slowly, that may have just been me or because of the sadness in the story of Vivien trying to tie up both the loose ends of her past and of her present, in order to leave everything behind again, to begin on a new future. Either way, Vivien is set to start over but leaving everything behind and especially leaving Benedict behind this time will be much harder than before because now she realizes how much she loves him.A sweet, tender story of a woman whose lifestyle has given her everything and nothing at all, but that may be about to change.