Indiscreet

Written by Mary Balogh

Narrated by Rosalyn Landor

From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes the first novel in the Horsemen trilogy, a scandalous romance of yearning passion and dangerous desires... In the country visiting his twin brother, Viscount Rawleigh longs for a little diversion and beautiful young widow Catherine Winters seems like easy prey. But Rex's target is a lady of virtue, and when she roundly rejects his improper proposal to become his mistress, Rex finds himself faced with a delectable challenge. Catherine knows she must fight the indecent feelings the Viscount arouses within her-feelings that bring to life a past she had sought to escape-even as the handsome lord refuses to relent in his amorous attentions. But even though she knows one kiss could bring her to ruin, temptation proves an insurmountable foe-and Catherine can not ignore the beating of her treacherous heart....

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9781501913198

Mary Balogh

New York Times bestselling, multi-award-winning author Mary Balogh grew up in Wales, land of sea and mountains, song and legend. She brought music and a vivid imagination with her when she came to Canada to teach. There she began a second career as a writer of books that always end happily and always celebrate the power of love.

Reviews for Indiscreet

[Nicole Johnson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

If you like Regency, you can’t go wrong with Mary Balogh.

[n.w.moors-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is one of Ms. Balogh's older series and one of her best in my opinion. Catherine Winters is living as a young widow in a small village when Viscount Rawleigh comes to visit. He's determined to seduce her, but she wants no part of it despite his persistence. In the "Me Too" era, this story feels a little dated, but it still has some lessons for today. Rex respects a 'no' but also keeps asking which feels uncomfortable. Yet, the attraction between them is real. It's the gossipy neighbors who bring the situation to a head despite only a few kisses actually happening. As always, Ms. Balogh writes beautifully with characters who come across as real people. I'm happy that her older books are now becoming available as the Horsemen Trilogy is one I've wanted to read for a while.

[jorgeousjotts · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I generally enjoy Balogh's writing. This one relied extremely heavily on poor character communication though. At every turn the characters have an opportunity to hit it off and live HEA, but then one will say something that could be misconstrued to be insulting or something and the other one will choose to hide their feelings and say the opposite of what they really feel. On repeat.
Throughout the entire book. It makes me want to shake my fist in the air and scream 'could you not just have one conversation where you just lay your cards on the table? Or ask the other to clarify the thing they said before you take offense?' *Sigh* I'll read the next in the series and hopefully they'll have a better hurdle to overcome!

[spinsterrevival · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Wow this was a harder read than I thought it was going to be, and I’m not sure if the hero redeemed himself for being pretty wretched to the heroine. It’s fascinating that Balogh write this over twenty years ago, yet it’s especially relevant today in the time of #metoo and rape culture. I loved Catherine though as well as her dog Toby (my dog is Toby too!), and I hope that Rex gives her the HEA she so deserves.

[fbswss · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A very moving romance, a strong heroine I liked very much! But why this was ever called the "Horsemen" trilogy I've no idea! None of it has anything whatsoever to do with horses and barely mentions any man even riding a horse???

[bookworm2bookworm · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the first in Ms. Balogh’s Horseman Trilogy series in which we meet four friends who’ve survived and returned from Napoleonic Wars. And since I read and loved her Survivors Club series, I was pleasantly surprised that she’d decided to reprint this series.

What I love about Ms. Balogh’s novels is the way she paints her main characters. They are always complex and very realistic. Their backstories are rich and can move me to tears. The same can be said of her plots, even though the pace of her books is more on the slow side, I still found them poignant and entertaining.

The characters in this story are flawed but that’s what made them interesting and compelling. I genuinely cared for both of them and couldn’t wait for the satisfying solution to their problematic courtship.

If you are a fan of this author, you’ll love this story. If you’ve never read her wonderful tales, you may as well start with this one.

Melanie for b2b

[tivonut · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It started out good, with the heroine being pursued and then disrespected and put down by the arrogant man. Then it was resolved with the man taking responsibility for his poor actions. The only problem is it became boring from then on. We know that she has a past and are waiting for whatever conflict between them again but it doesn't happen and it is all about the hero fixing the heroines reputation. For me it just became a bit boring 1/2 way through.