Title: A Secret Affair (Huxtable Quintet #5)

Author: Mary Balogh

Publisher: Dell Books 2010

Genre: Historical Romance

Pages: 368

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: TBR Reduction; Mount TBR; 52 Books - W19; Seriously Series

Born a commoner, Hannah Reid has been Duchess of Dunbarton since she was nineteen years old. Now her husband is dead and, more beautiful than ever at thirty, Hannah has her freedom at last. To the shock of a conventional friend, she announces her intention to take a lover—and not just any lover, but the most dangerous and delicious man in all of upper-class England: Constantine Huxtable. Constantine’s illegitimacy has denied him the title of earl, so now he denies himself nothing. Rumored to be living the easy life of a sensualist on his country estate, he always chooses recent widows for his short-lived affairs. Hannah will fit the bill nicely. But once these two passionate and scandalous figures find each other, they discover that it isn’t so easy to extricate oneself from the fires of desire—without getting singed.

Not the strongest book of the series and definitely not my favorite. I was never a fan of Constantine's and this book didn't make me like him any better. I also wasn't a huge fan of Hannah. She just seemed so naive that I couldn't get over her behavior.  Really I have this novel 3 stars on account of the previous books. This volume just didn't interest me...

Huxtable Quintet

• #1 First Comes Marriage
• #2 Then Comes Seduction
• #3 At Last Comes Love
• #4 Seducing an Angel
• #5 A Secret Affair