Review: Enjoyable Start to the Series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2014
HER HUSBAND'S HARLOT is the first book in the Mayhem in Mayfair series.  It is the story of Lady Helena Harteford and her husband Nicholas Morgan, Marquess of Harteford.  Nicholas was an unexpected Marquess.  He was raised in St. Giles and rose to a respectable merchant class when he met his mentor.  As an adult, he discovered that he was a legitimate heir.  Despite this, however, he is haunted by his past and feels a deep feeling of inadequacy especially regarding his new bride.  Helena is the daughter of  the Earl of Northgate.  Helena and Nicholas met and married in a short period of time.  They had a disastrous wedding night because of Nicholas' feelings of inadequacy and Helena's innocence.A month into their marriage, Helena finds out that Nicholas intends to visit a brothel.  She ends up as part of the masquerade and seducing her own husband.  This book has some of the elements that I tend to dislike: the characters do not talk to one another and much of the conflicts of the book could be resolved by honesty.  I ended up liking this book, however.  The characters are very vibrant and it is a very erotic story.  I was very engaged in the story and I even understood that these characters while attracted to one another all along actually did not know each other very well before they married.  That makes it difficult for them to even understand how to communicate with one another.For a historical, the sex scenes are very graphic and the descriptions are very explicit which may not appeal to everyone.I can understand why the story does not work for everyone but I enjoyed it overall.