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This HaBO comes from Steph, who wants to find this historical romance:
Please help! I’m trying to find this title – I feel like it’s a bit older from a well-known writer.
It’s definitely a rake romance; the heroine interferes with a duel at the beginning of the novel, thusly meeting the hero. He is injured, and because she arrives late, she is fired from her position, at – I believe – a dress shop, and ends up as his housekeeper/caretaker. I think she’s in London after escaping scheming relatives…
Can we find this one?




This feels very familiar. Is it a Mary Balogh? I am sure I have read this sometime in the last couple of years.
As soon as I clicked submit, I think I found it. Is it “More than a Mistress” by Mary Balogh?
Balogh’s MORE THAN A MISTRESS was my first thought too.
Following.
Definitely sounding like More Than a Mistress. I remember I quite liked that one!!
It is 100% More Than A Mistress by Balogh.
Yay!!! Thanks so much! That’s it!
I knew one! I am throwing my lot with More than a mistress
Just reread this a couple of weeks ago, definitely “More than a Mistress” by Mary Balogh.
I keep reading the title as More Than a Mattress.