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Beloved

By: Bertrice Small
Narrated by: Rachael Beresford
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The daughter of a powerful desert chieftain, beautiful raven-haired Zenobia, a descendent of Cleopatra, witnesses at an early age the shocking brutality of renegade Roman soldiers and vows to hate all of the blue-eyed strangers forever. Despite that pledge, she falls hopelessly and passionately in love with Marcus Alexander Britanus, a Roman. And it will take all her cunning and skill in war to keep the precious erotic rapture she can find only in his arms....

Contains mature themes.

©1983 Bertrice Small (P)2021 Tantor
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A story you can sink your teeth into…

The lush settings, the melt-you-to-the-core passion, the wonderful fleshed-out characters, and the historical events in the background kept me engaged and up all night to finish.


🎙️ Narration was good. I recommend listening to ALL of her books at 1.7+ speed!


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My Favorites

1. The O’Malley saga | The ultimate family saga of female powerhouses and the men they bring to their knees.
2. World of Hetar series | The “Throne of Glass” of bodice rippers!
3. Beloved | A historical feast.
4. A Moment in Time | A breathtaking love that is an echo in time. Emotional and unputdownable.
5. The Love Slave | A sensual historical hot-for-teacher romance.
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Well written ♥️

Wonderful beautiful story! So many challenges, strong female characters. I enjoyed it! Looking forward to more audiobooks from this talented author.

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Outstanding Book!

So in love with this beautiful, passionate and action packed book!
Zenobia and Marcus are perfect for each other and a force of love that endured so much!
I absolutely loved everything about this book! The main characters and the secondary characters. So much heartache and triumph throughout this beautiful and well written book.
Thank you Audible for this book!!
I wish Love Wild and Fair were in Audible.

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Piece of history

It was a nice book. To see how someone’s life can change so drastically was eye opening. To see how ancient cultures were in history was different from cultures of today.

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excellent ancient historical romance

im so glad to see these older books make a comeback.
Beloved gives a romanicized tale of Zenobia of Palmyra.
how hasnt this been adaptabled to screen
Zenobia is a great BIPOC character

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Simply can't get into it.

The performance was ehh. and the story lane made me feel as if it was dragging. 4hrs in and there was finally a little action. To me it was just too wordy and I found that the lead was too annoying. Overall not great.

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