Review: Rose's Book Blog Review: Pleasuring the Lady
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
Portia hasn't lived an easy life.  With a mother whose madness is well known, a father who liked to gamble, and a brother just like her father, Portia has become a wallflower.  She knows no respectable man will marry her so she's resigned her life to living with her mother and servant Potts in a cottage far away from the rest of society.  Afraid to leave her mother for fear of what her brother will do, Portia is forced to live in horrible conditions and with limited food.Worse than a lonely life, she feels the grief of her best friend Ava Windbury who has been unable to reconnect with her brother since she married his enemy Christian Rothcastle.  Her search will lead her to Donville Masquerade a place where sex and sin go hand and hand.  It's here that the elite go to find sex and to gamble.  Ava has said that it's rumored that her brother has been seen there, a place where any woman who goes will have her reputation ruined.Portia has never felt the intimate touch of a man, the closest she's ever been to sex is the drawings she found among her brother's belongings.  That is until she puts on a mask and goes to the Donville Masquerade and finds Miles Weatherfield.  Miles is drawn to the woman with the mask, unaware that below the mask is Portia.  Portia has never been attracted to Miles like she is when he kisses her the first time, but Miles has no idea that under the mask is long time friend and occasional dance partner Portia.  It's here that she's found in a compromising position with Miles by her brother and it's either marry or she will be ruined.Scared not only for her future but her mother's she will agree to do whatever Miles wants in bed to save her mother from the asylum that her brother wants her sent to.  She will discover passion like she's never before experienced in her life, but how far will she go before it grows to be too much for her?  When feelings become involved can they let go of their pasts and learn to care for one another?I must say that I loved Taken by the Duke, but Pleasuring the Lady took my love for her work to a whole new level.  These two stories were so different and these characters so complex.  I loved every second of this book as Portia learned what true passion is and as she learns to let another care for her in a way she's never been cared for her entire life.  I look forward to the next book in the series because I know if there's one thing I can guarantee it's that the next book in this series will be just as great if not even better than the first two books.  Oh and if you haven't had a chance to read Taken by the Duke yet, you'll want to because it's well worth the read, 5 stars.***Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review***