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When the eligible Mr. Allison is to come to Fenton Manor to woo Honoria, there is a problem. She doesn't remember what he looked like. Crippled by her timidity, she hardly looked at him when they'd met during her first London season. But he had spoken to her father, determined to ask her for her hand. Her siblings, Serena and Benedict, find this highly amusing, but after Honoria overhears a conversation between her parents about their finances, she realises she must marry Mr. Allison, and this constraint leaves her martyred and unhappy and unable to share her feelings.
When Mr. Allison arrives, there is another problem. One to do with her sister, Serena.
Mr. Allison, (annoyingly handsome and kind) fails to propose as expected and leaves abruptly - but invites the confused family to stay at Bassington Hall, his own country home. His kindness to all her family leaves Honoria with no legitimate excuse to escape marriage. Mr. Scribster, his ugly, unpleasant, unfeeling friend, guesses more than she would like and offers Honoria a place to concentrate her dislike and frustration.
Meanwhile, Benedict embarks on an adventure with his rogue of an uncle, Wilbert, to save his childhood friend and neighbour, Genevieve Horton, who has become the unhappy Lady Sumner. By learning some scandalous skills, Benedict hopes to give some options to the most trapped figure in all of polite society - an unhappy wife.
When Benedict's life hangs in the balance, all the major players are changed forever and the tangle of romance is finally resolved.
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Rowena Cherwood did not go around boasting of it, but she had a tidy legacy from her parents. Free to choose the life she wanted, and unwilling to live with her overbearing aunt, she accepted a position as Lady Bradwell's companion. A spinster of twenty-seven, Rowena gave little thought to marriage - until Lyn Bradwell, Lady Bradwell's long absent son, returned to England.Love was the last thing on Rowena's mind - or Lyn's.
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Short and sweet.
- By AC-US on 09-09-19
By: Madeleine Robins
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Wager for a Wife
- By: Karen Tuft
- Narrated by: Luone Ingram
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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It is her first London season, and Lady Louisa Hargreaves could not be more pleased. She has attracted the attention of the earl of Kerridge, and the two are on the cusp of an official betrothal. That is, until she learns of a generations-old family debt: Her grandfather gambled her hand in marriage and lost, and now, Louisa must pay the price. She will marry not the earl but a man she just met who has taken her freedom in one fell swoop. Even as she struggles to understand the handsome and aloof man she is to wed, Louisa is irresistibly drawn to him - and he to her.
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Unusual story line
- By Gloria Hubbard on 08-01-22
By: Karen Tuft
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The Gentleman's Deception
- By: Karen Tuft
- Narrated by: Luone Ingram
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Renowned actress Ruby Chadwick, the Darling of Drury Lane, has long planned and prepared for her final performance. With exceptional beauty comes the unwanted attention of men, and after years of fending off odious suitors, Ruby is ready to leave it all behind in favor of a quiet life. The first step is to reclaim a piece of her past: her true identity as Lavinia Fernley.
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a little slow but good
- By Customer jf on 07-20-22
By: Karen Tuft
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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
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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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Rumours & Recklessness
- A Pride and Prejudice Variation
- By: Nicole Clarkston
- Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
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Fitzwilliam Darcy is desperate. Finally confronted with a woman who ignites all his hopes, he agonizes over the cruel trick of fate which placed her in a situation beneath his notice. The morning after the Netherfield ball, he resolves to put as much distance between himself and her as possible.
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Wonderful , I’m still smiling!
- By Patti on 08-09-19
By: Nicole Clarkston
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A Secret Affair
- Huxtable, Book 5
- By: Mary Balogh
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Once the temepestuous Hannah Reid, Duchess of Dunbarton, and dangerous Constantine Huxtable, two passionate and scandalous figures, find each other, they discover that it isn’t so easy to extricate oneself from the fires of desire - without getting singed. For the duchess and the dark lord each have startling secrets to reveal, and when all is said and done, neither will be able to say which one fell in love first, who tamed whom, and who has emerged from this game of hearts with the stronger hand.
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Way better than first reviewer's one!
- By LuvMyHome on 10-02-10
By: Mary Balogh
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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
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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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If the Earl Only Knew
- The Daring Marriages, Book 1
- By: Amanda Forester
- Narrated by: Carolyn Morris
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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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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An Heiress at Heart
- By: Jennifer Delamere
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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With An Heiress at Heart, Jennifer Delamere delivers the first in a historical romance series sure to set hearts aflame. After five years in exile for a youthful indiscretion, Lizzie Poole is given a second chance to join London society when her best friend, Ria, takes to her death bed and asks Lizzie to assume her identity. Ria wants Lizzie to carry out her final wishes, but neither knows that Lord Somerville has designs on Ria - and that maintaining the ruse will put Lizzie’s heart at risk.
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A Captivating Read
- By Rita Henriquez-Green on 12-15-22
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Devil's Match
- By: Anita Mills
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ashford
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Patrick Danvers, the Viscount Westover, was known by another name among the people of society: Devil Danvers. No young lady dared to be seen in public with this man whose startling good looks were overshadowed by his scandalous escapades. Caroline Ashley was a very respectable young lady, but with no one to protect her and no money to call her own. How could she resist Devil Danvers' offer to be the wife he needed to win a wager and claim a fortune that hung on his producing an heir?
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Leaves open questions
- By MICHELLE on 04-25-19
By: Anita Mills
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An Arranged Marriage
- By: Jo Beverley
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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When her vile brother's wicked scheming ruins her reputation, Eleanor Chivenham is forced into a marriage of convenience. Yet there is much more to her new husband than meets the eye, and soon her heart is filled with unexpected desires.
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Not really A Romance
- By karen on 06-04-18
By: Jo Beverley
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The Rebel Bride
- Regency, Book 1
- By: Catherine Coulter
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author has transformed her second novel from a Regency to full-fledged historical romance. Katherine Brandon is a hoyden who bewitches a powerful, sophisticated nobleman, but can't hide her terrifying secret from him....
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an entire book about head drama
- By deb on 01-30-16
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- Magalew
- 06-20-18
So pleasant
This story is everything pleasant that one could wish for. An excellent story line, marvellous characters, and a lot of light hearted amusement.
It was exceptionally nice to have sisters and a brother ands parents who loved each other so well without the petty jealousies that is so common especially in literature.
The narrator was perfect. One of the most accomplished that I have heard so far.
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- Vibliophile
- 02-08-23
(3.5 stars) Be patient... it's complicated...
I love what I've read of Alicia Cameron's books so far, but this one is a little more difficult to review.
It took a while to introduce all the players and set things up. In the meantime, I found that I wasn't particularly taken with any of the protagonists, but I made myself keep reading because so many of the author's fans like it, there had to be a reason, right?
Once Cameron sets everything up & puts it in motion, it IS pretty entertaining, & I was really getting into it - it has a Georgette Heyer flavor to it that had me eagerly looking forward to the resolution(s) of all the complications.
And the ending amusingly sets up like Hercule Poirot gathering everyone to deliver the big reveal. The reveal wasn't quite as good as the expectations I'd been building, but it was still an entertaining scene.
Honoria's relationships with Scribster & Prescott needed better development. It's a romance before it's a mystery so that was a higher priority than keeping the reader guessing who she would choose. Well, and it needed more romance.
I didn't care for the constant, and especially the explicit, references to Scribster as ugly & pock-faced or Prescott as a moron by the other characters. It mostly just sounded mean.
Honoria's "coming out" was disappointing. I don't mind noble characters hiding their virtue, like Gascoigne in Cameron's "Delphine and the Dangerous Arrangement", but something that smacks of the reverse wasn't particularly amusing or appealing.
So, the first 3rd was a bit tedious, the middle 3rd was excellent, and the ending was good.
Of all the plot threads, I think I liked Benedict, Genevieve & Wilbur's the best because their characters developed so much more positively over the course of the story than everyone else's.
Honoria's gets 2nd place mainly because of the positive & amusing development in Scribster over the course of the story.
Romance level: sweet kisses, nothing graphic
Religion: use of the Lord's Name in vain in typical Regency expressions (By G*d,for G*d's sake, etc), sadly, but not cursing at least
Language: a handful of "d*mn"s + a" h*ll" or two
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- Patiotoole
- 01-15-18
Romance, Mystery & Lots of Laughs
4 1/2 ⭐️ This was such a fun book to read that I had trouble putting it down. I’ve read 2 novels and a novella by Alicia Cameron in the past week and now have two of my daughters reading them too. So many smiles between us and even outright laughter. Great characters, a bit of mystery, at least one nasty villain, and several heroes and heroines. Lots of warm fuzzy family relationships and even some truly awkward moments working through relationships and mixups. My only complaint is that one of the primary characters is called “ugly” numerous times by a young lady and ultimately I thought it was a bit much...especially after some changes in appearance and in relationships. To be “honest” is one thing but as a friendship develops it seems that honestly might have been stated with a bit more warmth or at least less harshness. However, I LOVE the book, the characters, the storyline, and of course the HEAs. Very good narration.
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- Laurie S
- 01-13-19
Good writing
Loved the way the author did more showing than telling—a rarity these days. All the couples were interesting, and I wanted to know the outcome of each. The only downside to that was difficulty in keeping up with who was who. The story switched from subplot to subplot rather fast. But with an occasional rewind plus the occasional faster speed, I found it an entertaining read altogether. Great job by the narrator too.
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-11-19
Too much drama
The story ended well but there was just too much drama. It was hard to not quit the story.
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- susan
- 09-13-18
Honoria and family
I was able to finish it but I wasn’t in any hurry to do so. It just wasn’t that interesting. The narration is excellent and it isn’t awful, I just wasn’t emotionally invested in the characters. It filled the time driving to work and back but I was able to forget about it once I turned it off.
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- KC
- 04-16-20
A Historical Book
This is the first time I have read this author but will read her again. I felt the storyline was well written with believable and interesting characters. This is a typical Regency book with romance. It is a light read. I noticed there were some noticeable historical errors in the writing of this book. The books storyline is written so well and flowed so you can overlook the errors and enjoy it as a book nothing more. There are many twists and turns to keep your interest. Overall this is a good book.
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- Clare
- 11-20-17
Regency Romance - with plenty of twists & humour
Slow and clever plot development, a few sub plots, and humour that in in one part (chapter 25) was extraordinarily funny.
The plot starts with a couple of misunderstandings, but an elegent enough reason for no one to communicate their concerns, to get the novel going. I really enjoyed the listen and even towards the end I could not see how the main characters were going to acheive their HEA with only three chapters left.
If you liked Clarrissa and the Poor Relations, or if you like Regencies romances with humor and wit, you will not be disappointed at all with this novel. Narrator was very good.
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- Anonymous
- 06-26-23
Wonderful
Charming humorous story with excellent narrator. Honoria's extreme shyness and inability to speak up when she needs to can be frustrating, but she grows. Her impish younger sister is a delight, as is the entire family and their friends.
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- Shelly
- 04-03-19
Full of Charm
This is lovely story with engaging secondary characters. Sweet escapism without loads of angst and sex or angst-ridden sex.
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