Book Review
Title: Mistaken for a Mistress
Author: Marito Ai (Illustrator) & Jacqueline Baird
Genre: Manga
Rating: *****
Review: So, compared to the other manga I have read from Harlequin comics, the synopsis of this one surprised me the most as it didn’t seem to fit the usual themes that these mangas have had: A man shows up not long after Marlene’s mother and Paolo, her mother’s wealthy, married lover, die. The man says he’s a friend of Paolo’s and that he wants to discuss Paolo’s will with her. But then she overhears a cruel plot against her: “Seduce that low-class harlot who’s looking for a sugar daddy and leave her without a single penny.” Because Marlene, her mother, and Paolo lived together as a family, the man has mistaken Marlene for Paolo’s mistress…and decided to punish her.
We are introduced to Marlene and her younger brother Paul who is the son of her mother and her married lover Paolo. However, when family members of Paolo come looking for the mistress, Rocco mistakes Marlene for the mistress, not her mother who had passed away. They are ignorant thinking that she wouldn’t understand Italian, but she does, and she learns that they are planning to take the money Paolo left them and young Paul as well. Marlene being a good sister isn’t going to let this happen and plans to stop them any way she can. Rocco is planning to seduce Marlene and takes everything from her, but she plays him at her own game and it ends with her and Paul traveling to Italy to attend a director’s meeting for Paolo’s company.
In the end, we get to see Marlene uses her brains rather than her beauty to overcome the obstacles she faces and comes out on top with all the power and the man of her dreams. Overall, I really enjoyed Mistaken for a Mistress and it is my favorite Harlequin Manga so far.
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I received this review copy from NetGalley
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