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Narrated by:
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Brigid Lohrey
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By:
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Elizabeth Adams
About this listen
In this collection of six short stories, the people of Pride and Prejudice move on, grow up, and explore paths not taken. Time leads these beloved characters down roads of self-discovery, courage, and heartbreak. And sometimes the journey takes them to surprising places.
©2016 Elizabeth Adams (P)2017 Elizabeth AdamsListeners also enjoyed...
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Emery Jenson came to Wildwood ten years ago with her parents, hired to be the estate's steward and housekeeper. She has taken on more responsibility as her father's mind grows weak and now runs the ducal country seat. When the new duke shows up, she schemes to hide her father's deficiencies, believing the Duke of Winslow won't remain long.
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Great Read!
- By Bonnie K on 04-15-23
By: Alexa Aston
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Beguiling the Beauty
- By: Sherry Thomas
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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When the Duke of Lexington meets the mysterious Baroness von Seidlitz-Hardenberg on a transatlantic liner, he is fascinated. She’s exactly what he’s been searching for - a beautiful woman who interests and entices him. He falls hard and fast - and soon proposes marriage. And then she disappears without a trace.… For in reality, the "baroness" is Venetia Easterbrook - a proper young widow who had her own vengeful reasons for instigating an affair with the duke. But the plan has backfired. Venetia has fallen in love with the man she despised - and there’s no telling what might happen when she is finally unmasked….
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Worth multiple listens
- By anonymous on 09-10-19
By: Sherry Thomas
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Autumn Masquerade
- Timeless Regency Collection, Book 1
- By: Josi S. Kilpack, Donna Hatch, Nancy Campbell Allen
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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When Lila overhears her uncle talking about a man coming to look for property in the county, she doesn't think twice, until her uncle says he hopes Lila will find enough interest to marry the man. How can she marry someone named Mortimer Luthford, not to mention that his advanced age of thirty-three, and especially since she's already in love with her absent cousin Neville?
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Happily Ever After
- By J. Byerly on 02-11-20
By: Josi S. Kilpack, and others
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A Deal with the Earl
- Necessary Arrangements, Book 1
- By: Sadie Bosque
- Narrated by: Sienna Frances, Timothy Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Lady Julie has dreamed of marrying her childhood sweetheart since she was four years old. Unfortunately, her father has other plans. He has his sights set on her marrying an earl. When she is forced into an unwanted betrothal, Julie needs to make a choice: wait for her true love and destroy her honor, or make a deal with the forbidding earl.
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Very good
- By Roth on 02-10-23
By: Sadie Bosque
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If Ever I Should Love You
- A Spinster Heiresses Novel
- By: Cathy Maxwell
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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He's inherited a title, but not a penny to speak of, so the Earl of Rochdale knows he must find a wife - preferably one tolerably pretty and good-tempered but definitely wealthy, and who will exchange her fortune for his family name. His choice: Leonie Charnock, one of the season's "Spinster Heiresses". Years before, the earl had saved the dark-eyed beauty's reputation, and she is still breathtakingly lovely, leading Rochdale to hope that their marriage will be more than in name only.
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Hero makes me a little stabby
- By V. T. on 03-05-19
By: Cathy Maxwell
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Potent Pleasures
- The Pleasures Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Eloisa James
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Reckless desire sends Charlotte Daicheston into the garden with a dashing masked stranger. He's powerful and unforgettable, a devastatingly handsome footman who lures her - not against her will - into a grand indiscretion at a masquerade ball. Then he vanishes. Several years later, after Charlotte has made her dazzling debut in London society, they meet again. But the rogue is no footman. He's rich, titled, and he doesn't remember Charlotte. Worse, he's the subject of some scandalous gossip.
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A Mind "F" in the Best Possible Way
- By Cynthia on 12-23-14
By: Eloisa James
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If the Earl Only Knew
- The Daring Marriages, Book 1
- By: Amanda Forester
- Narrated by: Carolyn Morris
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Orphaned at young ages, Lady Katherine Ashton and her brother have spent most of their lives on the high seas, seeking to restore their family fortune through somewhat dubious means. After that kind of adventure, Kate knows, she won't ever be accepted as a proper society lady. To the annoyingly clever, temptingly handsome, and altogether troublesome Earl of Wynbrook, society ladies are a dead bore. Kate, on the other hand, is scandalous, alluring, and altogether fascinating.
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Awesome Story! Amazing Narration!
- By Tracy T on 09-26-16
By: Amanda Forester
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Marry in Haste
- Marriage of Convenience Series, Book 1
- By: Anne Gracie
- Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Major Calborne Rutherford returns to England on the trail of an assassin, only to find he's become Lord Ashendon, with the responsibility for vast estates and dependent relatives. Cal can command the toughest of men, but his wild half-sisters are quite another matter. They might just be his undoing. When he discovers that Miss Emmaline Westwood, the girls' former teacher, guides them with ease, Cal offers her a marriage of convenience.
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Ruined by the robotic narrator.
- By Cate F. on 05-29-17
By: Anne Gracie
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Why Dukes Say I Do
- Wicked Widows, Book 1
- By: Manda Collins
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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Lady Isabella Wharton has little interest in the customs of the country. But when her godmother asks her to pay a visit to her bachelor grandson in Yorkshire, she goes to see the newly-titled - and notoriously rustic - Duke of Ormond. Trevor Carey doesn't care about what goes on behind ballroom doors. He is content with the simple life - and isn't ashamed to admit it to a society flirt like Lady Isabella. But the country air brings out a different side of Isabella - one full of longing and passion. Can her sophistication be hiding a desire for love?
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Tender Romance with suspense and mystery.
- By 🌸DARA on 08-05-13
By: Manda Collins
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Her Unforgettable Laugh: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
- Her Unforgettable Laugh Series, Book 1
- By: Linda Thompson
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Dark curls and an unforgettably sweet laugh were all he knew of his sister's rescuer. Later, a second glimpse showed her to be lovely, and he heard her melodious laugh again. Darcy wondered what it would be like to meet this remarkable, and remarkably lovely, young woman. Would the spirit that caused her to go to the aid of a stranger be able to bring some joy to his lonely life? Would they ever meet, or would he always be left wondering?
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Forgettable
- By Believer50 on 02-16-17
By: Linda Thompson
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- Amy Nix
- 01-31-23
Questions We Ask Ourselves in the Shower
5 stars, no notes.
Ha ha. I'm only slightly kidding. This one is wonderful, especially if you like short stories. This is not a happy collection, but it is a very good one that explores the kinds of questions we ask ourselves in the shower after contemplating the time and world these characters inhabit. The cruel limitations of social rank, the precarious position of women in marriage, the dangers of childbirth, the ignorance of sexual realities, and the pitfalls of choosing poorly are all examined in these stories with a brutal honesty softened by...well, I think the best word for it is "whimsy."
If you love JAFF, you are very likely to enjoy this one. The narrator is one of my favorites from this genre, and I recommend this title with open enthusiasm.
The stories are as follows (no spoilers):
1.) Charlotte Collins
The opening story describes Charlotte's early days as Longbourn's new mistress, The mixture of sadness, nostalgia, regret, and ambition that our practical Charlotte experiences turns this short little snapshot into a thought-provoking set of questions that I sat with for several days after reading it.
2.) Caroline Bingley
I laughed out loud with this one, and more than once. The single-minded determination of a thwarted Miss Bingley is dealt with in full. We get to watch her petulance and anger become resolve and acceptance as she faces a future without Mister Darcy.
3.) Elizabeth Bennet
This is a very well-written and melancholy vignette about a friendship from her childhood that forms the basis of Lizzy's beliefs about social station, unequal marriages, and the behavior of a good man who knows what it means to truly love a woman.
4.) Mrs. Bennet
A look at the special fears and vulnerabilities for women "of a certain age." It's very good. That's all I can say without ruining it.
5.) Elizabeth Collins
A what-if scenario about an unwanted wedding night. This story contains the only overtly sexual content in this collection, and it is done discreetly. It explores a few of the questions modern readers might ask of the period, the sexually suppressed culture, and the limits of a woman's power in the marriage bed.
6 & 7.) Lydia Wickham
A 2-part look at the potential realities of marriage to a man like George Wickham in a time when domestic battery was not a crime and a wife was her husband's property. The first part explores the aftermath of domestic abuse and the second part gives us hope for the future. There is no graphic detailing of violence in this story, but the resulting injuries and devastation of abuse are described with excruciating frankness.
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- Kindle Customer
- 04-17-17
Wonderful
This is a wonderful collection of stories. I truly hope that more books are available from this author soon.
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- DL
- 07-29-24
Too short.
I enjoy short stories, but most of these ended too quickly. And kind of pointless. I didn’t like how quickly the women came to the decision of how to take care of Wickham. Way too far out of character. All in all, not much redeeming value.
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