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One Wicked Wish: A Scandal in Mayfair Book 1 Kindle Edition

by Anna Campbell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.5 247 ratings

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Her secret lover…

Stella Faulkner has been a despised poor relation in her odious uncle’s house since she was forced to flee Italy ahead of Napoleon’s invasion. In return for a roof over her head, she acts as her cousin’s unpaid governess and companion. Stella knows that if she shows the slightest trace of her disgraced mother’s wildness, she’ll be cast out to face destitution. But after ten years of thankless servitude, Stella encounters a dashing libertine who turns her world to flame. Handsome Lord Halston is irresistible, but every kiss, every caress carries the risk of discovery, and with discovery, disaster.

The rake beguiled…

Grayson Maddox, Earl of Halston, glories in his reputation for charm, seduction, and ruthlessness. His mistresses know that the profligate lord offers them pleasure and luxury, but when he says goodbye, the affair is over. To Halston, love is a sentimental myth and fidelity a trap. One night at a glittering ball, he sees a beautiful woman trying to fade into the crowd of dowdy chaperones and every instinct clamors to make this mysterious lady his. But all bets are off when Stella Faulkner promises to become the lover he’ll never forget.

Forbidden passion.

Halston and Stella start a sizzling affair under the cover of a respectable house party at his country estate. But once this interval of heady delight comes to an end, what will become of the humble governess and the wicked earl? Must they return to being strangers as they originally arranged, or will five days of intoxicating sin turn into forever?

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B096N2BRCL
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (June 30, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 30, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3511 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 202 pages

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- #3,068 in Regency Historical Romance
- #3,400 in Regency Romances

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ANNA CAMPBELL has written 11 multi award-winning historical romances for Hachette Grand Central Publishing and Avon HarperCollins. As an independently published author, she’s released more than 35 bestselling stories, including her 3 popular series The Dashing Widows (7 books), The Lairds Most Likely (10 books), and A Scandal in Mayfair (4 books).

Anna has won numerous awards for her Regency-set stories including RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice, the Booksellers Best, the Golden Quill (three times), the Heart of Excellence (twice), the Write Touch, the Aspen Gold (twice) and the Australian Romance Readers Association’s favorite historical romance (five times).

She's currently engaged in writing a new series set in Regency London called Scoundrels of Mayfair. The first 3 books, The Worst Lord in London, The Trouble with Earls, and The Last Duke She'd Marry, are now on sale. Look out for The Duke Says I Do later in 2024.

When Anna isn't traveling the world in search of inspiration for her books, she has a great time living in inner-city Brisbane in Australia.

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Mrs. Helen Sibbritt

A sensual steamy romance that made me smile

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2021

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A new book from Anna Campbell and the first in a series woohoo and another fabulous read sexy, sensual and steamy as MS Campbell takes us back to Regency England and we meet the handsome rake Grayson Maddox, Earl of Halston and the beautiful and strong Stella Faulkner, I do hope that you come a long for the journey.

Stella is the unpaid companion to her cousin Imogen, she had fled Italy and she must always do the right thing otherwise she will be out on the street with nothing, she loves Imogen but not the way she is treated by her uncle, when she meets Lord Halston in a gazebo at a ball her thoughts of a life of her own come to her mind. Could she chance it?

Gray is a noted rake he knows how to seduce but he is getting bored with the woman that are eager to fall at his feet, when he meets Stella and she lights a light in him and she is not so agreeable he fights for her and an agreement is made a short one but when it is time to end it Gray is not giving up so easily.

Another beautifully written story from Anna Campbell she really knows how to bring her characters to life and put the sizzle in a story there is lots of witty banter as Stella makes her wishes known, she is strong after all she has been through and deserves the best and Gray what can I say he does have a heart even if he doesn’t believe in love but spending five days at his house party makes him see when it finishes and he is alone that loving Stella shows him what love is. A wonderful HEA, a fabulous story and one that I highly recommend.

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Mainer

Steamy

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2021

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This is much-trodden ground where the rakish Earl wants to seduce the companion of a young debutante. However, Gray and Stella are an attractive couple, and Ms. Campbell can certainly write steamy scenes with enough actual dialogue and plot to make a good story. A quick and entertaining read.

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emtee

One Wicked Wish

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2022

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Yay! A new Anna Campbell series! I totally fell in love with her older books and when I saw she recently published three books in a new series, I was wondering how her newer stories would compare to those I love so much. I’m happy to say that when it comes to writing a passionate, character-driven story, Anna Campbell rules.

Stella came into Gray’s life at a time when he was bored, restless, and utterly jaded. He was 35 and tired of the same old, same old with his mistresses. A handsome, wealthy rake, he was bored with how easily women fell at his feet. He was just going through the motions. And then… he spotted Stella across a crowded ballroom. Something in him recognized the wild, untamed nature stifled beneath the drab, proper lady’s companion exterior and it called to him. Fiercely. So he decided he absolutely must have her.

There’s something appealing about a sexy, confident man who sets his sights on a woman and then uses everything he has to seduce her. He straight up told her that he wanted her, that he had to have her and that he was going to seduce her. And then he proceeded to do just that. It was wickedly delicious. Their mutual attraction was intense; the kind of connection where an innocent touch feels like a jolt of electricity just hit you. Resistance was futile, and they both knew it.

Just one big problem. Stella is a poor relation, orphaned and penniless, living with a nasty uncle who barely tolerates her presence. She earns her room and board being a companion to her younger cousin. The slightest hint of an illicit relationship between Stella and Gray, and Stella is out on the street with no options. She had so much to lose but chose to become Gray’s lover and grab the opportunity to live passionately, if only for a short while. Her drab existence practically demanded it. They agreed on a one-week secret affair, to be conducted during a house party at Gray’s country estate, where Stella would be accompanying her cousin.

What follows is a story filled with delicious, intense passion, growing intimacy, and the joy and vulnerability that go hand in hand with falling in love. When the lust and liking began to develop into something more, there were sweet, feel-good moments, and there was angst. The time they spent together was very bittersweet for both because the depth of their connection, both physical and emotional, bumped up against the constraints of a very short term affair. And the love neither expected to find left them feeling raw, vulnerable and a little afraid. But as always with Anna Campbell’s stories, love not only finds a way, it triumphs.

I definitely will be reading the rest of the series!

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THE EARL TAKES THE CHALLENGE

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2021

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Grey, Earl of Halston, has a very wicked reputation. Once he sets his eyes on Stella Faulkner, he plans his strategy to make her his mistress. But Stella is stronger than she seems. As the poor relation, she's been the governess/chaperone to her niece for ten years suffering her uncle's abuse. Her niece, Imogen, is invited to a house party at Halston's country house, Prestwick Place, with Stella as her chaperone and other members of society. This is only a ruse to for Grey and Stella to have a one week affair. Once the week is over, Grey still hasn't been able to seduce Stella to be his mistress. No two people are more miserable after the house party as the days turn into weeks. Only three words can make the difference.
An emotional rollercoaster that had my heart stuck in my throat.
Explicit steamy sex.

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FRAU C

This book tugs at your heartstrings!

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2023

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As a huge Anna Campbell fan and strictly a paperback reader, I was thrilled to see that the A Scandal in Mayfair printed option is now available. And this passionate story (book one) did not disappoint! A "poor relation" companion and a rake attracted to each other, then secretly having private encounters at his house party in the country was a delicious storyline. Since they had agreed only to a temporary liaison, I was heartbroken when they had to go back to their regular lives. But where there's a will, there's a way. An emotional and steamy read with hot love scenes. I plan to binge read the rest of the series!

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Rosemary Beutell

Fun and Sexy

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2023

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Love the dialogue between Stella and Gray at their first meetings and as their romance progressed into real love for each other. Perfect happy-ever-after tale. Great light reading!

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Valerie A Kader

Juvenile

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2022

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I love historical romances! I’ve read some of this author’s books before with mixed results. I was desperate for a romance after several mysteries in a row, so I decided to try this one. The premise was mildly intriguing - impoverished cousin decides to have a temporary affair with a rake. The heroine was mildly compelling - pretty, loyal, and kind. The hero was less compelling - handsome but adolescent. They had good chemistry. The storyline was almost nonexistent. Overall, not that good.

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