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A Fine Passion

By: Stephanie Laurens
Narrated by: Jill Tanner
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Set in Regency England, Stephanie Laurens' New York Times best-selling Bastion Club series evokes a bygone era where romantic entanglements rule the day - and inflamed desires rule the night. In A Fine Passion, Jack, Baron Warnefleet, narrowly avoids marriage when he flees London for the refuge of his estate. But there waits Lady Clarice Altwood, whose beauty is impossible to ignore.©2005 Stephanie Laurens (P)2008 Recorded Books Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Romantic Suspense England Suspense
Intriguing Storyline • Engaging Mystery • British Accent • Wonderful Characters • Beautifully Written • Lovely Romance
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Why, oh why do these words appear so often?
The narrator butchered them in a way it became too irritating. It almost killed the book.

Grimace, grimaced

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SL uses the word grimace umpteen dozen times in her books. the only reason I know this is because this narrator mispronounced it every single time. She also mispronounced Dalziel's name as well . she said it as Deal emphasizing the second syllable.
her voice was so pedantic, I had to listen at 1.55 speed just to get through it.
Other than that, I enjoyed the story.

horrible narration ruins great book

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loved it but the mispronunciation of Boudica's name drove me nuts. Boud I Ka. love a strong woman.

Boud - I - KA

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I really enjoyed this book. She gave us a better understanding of Jack and who he is. I found it easy listening and set at a comfortable pace. Clarice was a wonderful character and hope to see more of her in the next few books.

I love all Stephnie Laurens books

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One of my favorite Laurens' romances. Jack returns home from war and finds Lady Clarice ensconced as doyenne of the village, filling the shoes he left empty while fighting Bonaparte. When scandal threatens her family, Jack and Lady Clarice go to London where Jack assists Clarice in defeating those threatening her family, and defeat a harpy while at it. Of course they fall in love, leading to the most romantically perfect proposal ever.

A warrior finds his warrior queen

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Full disclosure, I listened to this after the horrendous “Her Husband’s Harlot” narrated by Erin Mallon which had my ears bleeding!

That being said, this book was a major improvement for me for both the story and narration. I’m not sure if I’m more annoyed at SL for using the word “grimaced” as many times as she did or at the narrator for mispronouncing it the 120 times she read it!! 😫 While grating the over use of “grimace” didn’t completely ruin it for me. I appreciated Jill Tanner’s English accent and proper pronunciation of common words like ton (see Erin Mallon comment above).
“Anyhoo” the story is ok, though I don’t think there was nearly enough passion to match the title. It was lukewarm at best and not particularly believable. Her “rescue” of her uncle and then her brothers and how easily the past was forgiven had me rolling my eyes.

This book tries too hard

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A wonderful story. She judged him before she knew what he had been doing for the past decade. He then kept getting miffed when everyone would come to her for advice. When she told everyone to go to him he realized everything she did was for the betterment of his people. As they grew closure he realized he wanted her for his wife. When she returned to her family after 7 yrs of banishment, they all realized her step mother has been manipulating everyone. Such a beautifully written story with a perfect ending.

Seizing her chance at love

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Narrative alright but wish she would have pronounced the word 'grimace' correctly..very irritating hearing it incorrectly spoken especially as it appears quite often in the text!!

Ok

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Pay no attention to reviewers annoyed by what they think is mispronounced words. The narrator is British and is pronouncing words like many English. All the reviewers had to do was google “how to pronounce” grimace or Boadicea to learn she pronounced the words correctly. The story was excellent, going into several directions not predictable. Both main characters are mature so no silly misunderstandings.

Great narration

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I had difficulty enjoying the story due to the repetitive use of “warrior queen” and “Boadicea”. In print it may not be to bad but in audio the repetition makes you want to pull out your hair. I’ve noticed that this author latches on a word or two and use constantly throughout the story. Another issue is the narrators mispronunciation of the word grimace and the heroine’s name. The ongoing mystery is interesting but after four books it’s time to wrap it up.

Word Repetition!

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