This is my favorite of Amanda Quick's novels, & also the 1st one I read. If you fancy surprisingly resourceful yet very unconventional heroines, a little bit of silliness & mystery, this just may be the book for you. Amanda Quick (for historicals) aka Jayne Ann Krentz (her married name used for contemporary romances) aka Jayne Castle (birth name, used for futuristic/paranormal romantic suspense) is a very prolific writer of romance, & in most of her books you can tell she is American. 'Mistress' is a book from the 1990s that has come to Slovenia only a few years ago, & was impossible to get in libraries at the start, so my ...  Read the complete review

Amanda Quick is one of the pen names used by the American writer Jayne Ann Krentz aka Jayne Castle. As you can see from the aliases, Jayne Ann Krentz is a prolific writer of romance in its many sub-genres and in the guise of Amanda Quick, she writes historical romances. 'Mistress' was first published in 1994 but has retained its popularity over the last 10+ years and been republished at least once during that time. It is one title in a whole series of what could loosely be referred to as Regency romps. Other titles published during the mid to late '90s include, Rendezvous, Deception, Dangerous, Ravished, Desire and Mischief. I think the titles more or less ...  Read the complete review