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Once Upon an Irritatingly Magical Kiss
- Whickertons in Love Series, Book 3
- De: Bree Wolf
- Narrado por: Lucy Rayner
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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England 1803: Lady Christina Beaumont, daughter to the Earl of Whickerton, is on a mission. A mission to protect her best friend from being forced into a marriage that would see her delicate heart broken and her sensibilities shocked. Deep in debt, Lord Hartmore agreed to marry his daughter to a scoundrel. A man who grew up far from London's high society.
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Narrators can ruin a book!
- De Melanie Allen en 09-21-24
- Once Upon an Irritatingly Magical Kiss
- Whickertons in Love Series, Book 3
- De: Bree Wolf
- Narrado por: Lucy Rayner
Couldn't finish. Horrible narrator, mediocre story
Revisado: 12-29-24
Listened for 5 hrs. One of the worst narrators I've heard. Every 'passage' ends the same, in a breathy exhaust. She doesn't read in a monotone; oh no! She randomly emphasizes words and phrases. Tempo is also random; dragging where there is nothing that needs the calm or attention to warrant the extra time and speeds through most sentences and paragraphs. Kind of like a drag car - speeds up, speeds up, cruises briefly, and then the chute pops so she slows down again. Frankly there's one VV that's more in tune with the material than this actor.
The story is merely ok. The lead female was wholly unlikeable so I didn't feel like sticking around past chapter 20 to see if/how she was redeemed. Totally sick of the 'assertive female' trope who takes such an instant, irrational, and over the top hatred of the lead male that she wants to scratch his eyes out. This isn't Elizabeth Bennett; this is Kitty with a bad attitude.
I liked the male lead but not enough to give up 8 more hours of my life.
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McAlistair’s Fortune
- Providence Series, Book 3
- De: Alissa Johnson
- Narrado por: Carmen Rose
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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Miss Evie Cole isn't one to take a threatening letter too seriously. To her, the much greater danger lies in losing her heart to the retired assassin sent to protect her.
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Another Excellent Love Story!
- De KT en 04-01-25
- McAlistair’s Fortune
- Providence Series, Book 3
- De: Alissa Johnson
- Narrado por: Carmen Rose
Loved this story and narrator!
Revisado: 12-14-24
Rare that I love both the male and female main characters but this is one of those books. Cried a few times about McAlistair's background and his vulnerability during his confession at the end. A couple overdone cliches I hate in romance novels are 1) the 'plucky and assertive' woman because they're often written so badly. Normally they just 'announce their presence with authority' (h/t Bull Durham) and resort to physical violence and verbal abuse toward the male lead whenever they perceive they've been thwarted or don't get their way. 2) these overblown/under-mature female characters spend chapters and chapters acting out of spite based on mis-perceptions. Evie a.l.m.o.s.t went there a couple times but this writer handled her very well having her stop, think beyond herself, and also take in advice from others. The narrator is awesome! She handles so many distinct voices that I was able to lose myself in the story and not have to guess who was speaking. Highly recommend this book.
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Cursed & Cherished: The Duke's Wilful Wife
- Love's Second Chance Series: Tales of Lords & Ladies, Book 2
- De: Bree Wolf
- Narrado por: Anna Parker-Naples
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
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One night, she stole his kiss. Now, he is determined to steal it back. Edmond Dunsworth, Duke of Cromwell, is bankrupt. The solution to his problem: a wife with a sizable dowry. Not worried in the least, Edmond takes his pick. After all, what woman could resist his charms? Anna Hanford, a merchant's daughter, is faced with a difficult choice: allow her sister to marry the duke and see her happiness shattered...or marry the duke herself. Determined to ensure her sister's future, Anna makes her choice. After all, isn't marriage just a minor inconvenience?
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DNF...Immature wife with anger management issues
- De Barb O. en 11-04-19
- Cursed & Cherished: The Duke's Wilful Wife
- Love's Second Chance Series: Tales of Lords & Ladies, Book 2
- De: Bree Wolf
- Narrado por: Anna Parker-Naples
Sorry I paid for it
Revisado: 12-08-24
Really enjoyed the 1st book and Edmund character from there. But 3 hrs into this book I hate, I mean really hate, the Anna character. She was set up with description of being a forceful personality but that doesn't do her justice. She's needlessly obtuse, childish, vindictive (for no reason) and mean-spirited. Although I'm not finished, I can't imagine any sequence of events that can get her from the person she is now to someone I actually want Edmund to love or believe he would love. Nor would I believe she can make such substantial growth to become a character I don't want to b! slap. If I met Anna at a ball she'd receive the cut direct. Avoid this book.
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The Matchmaker’s Lonely Heart
- De: Nancy Campbell Allen
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
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London, 1885. Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic, which makes her the perfect columnist to answer lonely heart letters in The Marriage Gazette. When Amelie plays matchmaker with two anonymous lonely hearts, she also decides to secretly observe the couple’s blind date. To her surprise, the man who appears for the rendezvous is Harold Radcliffe - a grieving widower and a member of Amelie’s book club.
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NOT A MYSTERY
- De Jeffrey J. en 01-17-22
- The Matchmaker’s Lonely Heart
- De: Nancy Campbell Allen
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
Better than expected
Revisado: 12-07-24
I selected this book because it was free and I like clean, non-Christian, period romance. That it's narrated by Justine Eyre is a bonus - she does multiple, male and female, voices so well it's a pleasure to not have to guess which character is speaking. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this book as it did not start off well; it started as just one more plucky airy-fairy girl that I prepared for the worn out plot crutch of 'meet the guy, whine about the guy/circumstances/confusion/fear of commitment, make brain-dead assumptions about the guy, and then marry the guy.' The author 'matured' Amelie well and in a realistic manner. This book is worth the listen.
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Protecting Her Heart
- De: Nancy Campbell Allen
- Narrado por: Danielle Cohen
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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London, 1887. When newly graduated medical doctor Charlotte Duvall receives word that her father has died, she immediately leaves America and returns home to see to her family’s estate. Among her father’s possessions is a box of her late mother’s letters, which feels like a balm to Charlotte’s grief-stricken heart. But the letters contain some inconsistencies that suggest there was more to her mother’s death than Charlotte had been told.
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Story was amazing!
- De Holly Glynn en 01-09-24
- Protecting Her Heart
- De: Nancy Campbell Allen
- Narrado por: Danielle Cohen
I actually feel for these characters
Revisado: 12-07-24
Enjoyed the lead characters in all 3 books in this series who were realistic in their 'romantic intelligence.' I'm sooo beyond tired of characters who are whiny children or the plot crutch of characters who are supposed to be intelligent but then make all sorts of stupid assumptions to be able to get that chapter 20 break-up for the chapter 28 make-up. These leads feel the attraction, express the attraction, and move forward to the happy conclusion. I did not care for the narrator. Justine Eyre read book 1 and 2 and I purchased this without checking who the reader is. Overly dramatic and inflection on the wrong words. Actually about on par with some of the VV narration.
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Love and Lavender
- The Proper Romance Mayfield Family Regency Series, Book 4
- De: Josi S. Kilpack
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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Hazel Stillman is a woman of rare independence and limited opportunities. Born with a clubbed foot, she was sent away as a child, and, knowing her disability means a marriage is unlikely, she devoted herself to scholarship and education. Now working as a teacher in an elite private girls’ school, she is content with the way her story has unfolded. When her uncle Elliott Mayfield presents her with the prospect of a substantial inheritance if she marries, Hazel is offended.
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Sweet but different
- De Gabrielle en 01-23-22
- Love and Lavender
- The Proper Romance Mayfield Family Regency Series, Book 4
- De: Josi S. Kilpack
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
My favorite book of the series
Revisado: 10-17-24
New to this author but I prefer non-Christian clean historical romance and love Justine Eyre's readings so decided to give this series a try. Really enjoyed each story but this was my favorite. I really enjoyed Duncan as a character and cried at the end. After as many romance novels as I've listened to the characters and storylines tend to blend until there are few memorable characters. It's rare for me to care about any character enough to cry or even remember them an hour after finishing the 'read'. I recommend this story.
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Regency Romance Collection
- The Yearnings for Love Trilogy, A Regency Romance Box Set
- De: Rebecca Grave
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 5 h y 4 m
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DOWNLOAD FOR FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED 3-Book Box Regency Box Set from Rebecca Grave, 3 for the price of 1! Chasing the Earl - Book 1 Young Lady Helena Bradbury’s world is turned upside-down when her father suddenly dies, leaving her alone and homeless at 18. After her cousin, the notoriously narcissistic Walter Bradbury inherits the estate, he turns his sights on her vast wealth and will do absolutely anything to secure it. There’s just one problem, she’s now under the protection of her father’s closest friend, The Earl of Suffolk, thanks to the foresight to transfer guardianship ...
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Virtual voice ruined the story
- De Kindle Customer en 01-24-25
- Regency Romance Collection
- The Yearnings for Love Trilogy, A Regency Romance Box Set
- De: Rebecca Grave
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
Couldn't finish the first book
Revisado: 10-17-24
I prefer non-Christian clean historical romance so I really wanted to like these books but did not. I listen to a lot of VV books so am not against it per se but this voice needs better training as it had more than the usual amount of mispronounced words and odd phrasing and inflection. Book 1 opens with author asking people to cut her some slack for any historical inaccuracies. I thought this was weird but basically was left feeling sympathy since people can be so unkind for just the slightest hiccups. That is not the case here. There are so many anachronisms that I couldn't stay in the story. Every 5-10 minutes there was some word or phrase that simply was not used in the time period. Bottom line - I wanted to like them but couldn't even finish the 1st book.
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When a Laird Finds a Lass
- A Highland Fairytale
- De: Lecia Cornwall
- Narrado por: Ruth Urquhart
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
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Malcolm MacDonald, a lawyer in Edinburgh, unexpectedly inherits his father's title of Laird of Dunbronach, forcing him to return to a place he hasn't seen since he was a small child. To gain the trust of a wary clan, Malcolm must act upon their insistence that he cast aside his English betrothed and marry a Highlander. However, they have one condition - no lasses of the barbaric clan MacLeod.
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Some wonderfully written dialogue
- De B Goode en 09-28-24
- When a Laird Finds a Lass
- A Highland Fairytale
- De: Lecia Cornwall
- Narrado por: Ruth Urquhart
funny and entertaining
Revisado: 09-23-24
funny, absurd situations. enjoyed the story very much and the performance was well done.
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Promised
- Proper Romance Regency, Book 1
- De: Leah Garriott
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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Fooled by love once before, Margaret vows never to be played the fool again. To keep her vow, she attends a notorious matchmaking party intent on securing the perfect marital match: a union of convenience to someone who could never affect her heart. She discovers a man who exceeds all her hopes in the handsome and obliging rake, Mr. Northam. There’s one problem: His meddling cousin, Lord Williams, won’t leave her alone. Condescending and high-handed, Lord Williams lectures and insults her. When she refuses to give heed to his counsel, he ruins her chances for making a good match.
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Frustrating and DULl
- De Mboone98 en 04-06-20
- Promised
- Proper Romance Regency, Book 1
- De: Leah Garriott
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
almost couldn't finish
Revisado: 06-17-24
a badly done Pride and Prejudice. heroine was way too whiny for way too long. didn't believe Gregory would make such a bargain - too forced plot twist. best part of reimagining Pride and Prejudice is neither parent was a joke. best part of this audio book was Justine Eyre's read.
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The Bachelor and the Bride
- The Dread Penny Society Series, Book 4
- De: Sarah M. Eden
- Narrado por: Helen Lloyd
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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Dr. Barnabus Milligan has always felt called to help people, whether that means setting a broken bone or rescuing the impoverished women of London from their desperate lives on the streets, as part of his work with the Dread Penny Society. Three years ago, he helped rescue Gemma Kincaid by secretly marrying her to protect her from her family of notorious grave robbers. But six months after Gemma and Barnabus exchanged vows, she realized her love for her new husband was unrequited. To protect her heart, she left.
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Just couldn’t finish it.
- De Leslie T Pearson en 09-15-22
- The Bachelor and the Bride
- The Dread Penny Society Series, Book 4
- De: Sarah M. Eden
- Narrado por: Helen Lloyd
Fun series. Preferred the other narrator
Revisado: 03-13-24
I enjoyed every book in the series but the other narrator is so good with multiple voices and accents that each character actually sounded different. This narrator not so much. Not saying she is bad, she's actually quite good. Better where there aren't so many characters to voice.
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