
Love of the Summerfields
The Manor House Series, Volume 1
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Buy for $19.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Emma Nairne
-
By:
-
Nancy Moser
About this listen
Downton Abbey fans... if you'd like another series set in the manor houses of England, try the Manor House Series. The first book is Love of the Summerfields: 1880 England: the lives and loves of manor and village intertwine. Earl and shopkeeper, countess and clerk - all will be stunned and transformed by a secret that begs to be revealed.
When the Weston family returns to Summerfield Manor at the close of the London social season, both village and manor relax into their normal existence. But for four women, turmoil awaits. Each must battle the restrictions of her position as her faith and character are tested. Adelaide Weston: the feisty and domineering dowager countess, is thrust out of her carefully structured life of duty by the reappearance of her first love. Ruth Weston: the manor's reclusive, guilt-ridden countess, struggles to emerge from self-imposed exile to embrace her marriage, her family, and the duties of her position. Ruth's loyal lady's maid, Molly Wallace, juggles the demands of her job, the needs of her own tumultuous family, and a secret romance. And Lila Hayward, a shopkeeper's daughter, finds herself in love with a viscount's son who's engaged to Ruth's spoiled daughter. Lila is sorely tested when she is obliged to act as liaison between the two, putting her in constant contact with the man she loves but can never hope to win. None of these women expect a decades-old secret to unsettle the balance of her life - and the lives of everyone in Summerfield. Each will have a choice to make between her own happiness and a truth that will turn their carefully-ordered world upside down.
©2015 Nancy Moser (P)2016 Nancy MoserListeners also enjoyed...
-
Masquerade
- By: Nancy Moser
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Charlotte Gleason embarks from England in 1886 with mixed feelings. Although she’s never met her fiancé, she's headed for New York to marry one of America’s wealthiest heirs. Filled with doubts and hoping for a chance at “real life”, she swaps identities with her maid Dora. For Dora, it’s the chance of a lifetime. But for Charlotte, what begins as the whim of a spoiled rich girl becomes a test of survival beyond her darkest dreams.
-
-
Masquerade Review
- By Billie on 04-27-11
By: Nancy Moser
-
An Unlikely Suitor
- By: Nancy Moser
- Narrated by: Antoinette LaVecchia
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lucy Scarpelli, an Italian dressmaker from New York, befriends socialite Rowena Langdon as she's making her summer wardrobe. It's an unlikely friendship, but one that Rowena encourages by inviting Lucy to the family mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Grateful for Lucy's skill in creating clothes that hide her physical injury, Rowena encourages Lucy to dream of a better future.
-
-
Engaging and Funny
- By Beca on 08-15-24
By: Nancy Moser
-
Mozart's Sister
- By: Nancy Moser
- Narrated by: Virginia Leishman
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Eleven-year-old Nannerl is arguably the best keyboard player in all of Europe. Yet, because her six-year-old brother, Wolfie, can play almost as well as she, he receives virtually all the praise and adulation. Traveling far and wide with her family, she and her brother perform before the crowned heads of Europe. Social convention and public clamor relegate her to living life in the shadow of a prodigy. When will Nannerl ever realize her own dreams and aspirations?
-
-
Un-listenable
- By I. Locke on 11-14-07
By: Nancy Moser
-
The Sisters of Sea View
- On Devonshire Shores
- By: Julie Klassen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers and her genteel sisters fear they will be forced to sell the house and separate to earn livelihoods as governesses or companions. Determined to stay together, Sarah convinces them to open their seaside home to guests to make ends meet and provide for their ailing mother. Instead of the elderly invalids they expect to receive, however, they find themselves hosting eligible gentlemen. Sarah is soon torn between a growing attraction to a mysterious Scottish widower and duty to her family.
-
-
Why does it have to be a steamy romance
- By K on 12-31-22
By: Julie Klassen
-
Blue Moon Promise
- Under Texas Stars, Book 1
- By: Colleen Coble
- Narrated by: Devon O’day
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lucy Marsh's worldly resources are running out, but she's fiercely determined to care for her younger brother and sister. When she discovers that their father's recent death was no accident, Lucy is eager to leave town. She accepts a proxy marriage she believes will provide safe refuge. But trouble follows her to Texas where her new husband is surprised to suddenly have a wife and children to care for.
-
-
This is one of my favorite books!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-09-21
By: Colleen Coble
-
The Best Summer of Our Lives
- By: Rachel Hauck
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twenty years ago, the summer of '77 was supposed to be the best summer of her life. She and her best friends, Spring, Autumn, and Snow—the Four Seasons, 4ever—had big plans. But those plans never had a chance. After a teenage prank gone awry, the Seasons found themselves on a bus to Tumbleweed, "Nowhere," Oklahoma, to spend eight weeks as camp counselors. Arriving with hidden secrets and buried fears, those two months changed their friendships and the course of their lives.
-
-
4 Seasons + 1
- By Paige on 09-19-24
By: Rachel Hauck
-
Masquerade
- By: Nancy Moser
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Charlotte Gleason embarks from England in 1886 with mixed feelings. Although she’s never met her fiancé, she's headed for New York to marry one of America’s wealthiest heirs. Filled with doubts and hoping for a chance at “real life”, she swaps identities with her maid Dora. For Dora, it’s the chance of a lifetime. But for Charlotte, what begins as the whim of a spoiled rich girl becomes a test of survival beyond her darkest dreams.
-
-
Masquerade Review
- By Billie on 04-27-11
By: Nancy Moser
-
An Unlikely Suitor
- By: Nancy Moser
- Narrated by: Antoinette LaVecchia
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lucy Scarpelli, an Italian dressmaker from New York, befriends socialite Rowena Langdon as she's making her summer wardrobe. It's an unlikely friendship, but one that Rowena encourages by inviting Lucy to the family mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Grateful for Lucy's skill in creating clothes that hide her physical injury, Rowena encourages Lucy to dream of a better future.
-
-
Engaging and Funny
- By Beca on 08-15-24
By: Nancy Moser
-
Mozart's Sister
- By: Nancy Moser
- Narrated by: Virginia Leishman
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Eleven-year-old Nannerl is arguably the best keyboard player in all of Europe. Yet, because her six-year-old brother, Wolfie, can play almost as well as she, he receives virtually all the praise and adulation. Traveling far and wide with her family, she and her brother perform before the crowned heads of Europe. Social convention and public clamor relegate her to living life in the shadow of a prodigy. When will Nannerl ever realize her own dreams and aspirations?
-
-
Un-listenable
- By I. Locke on 11-14-07
By: Nancy Moser
-
The Sisters of Sea View
- On Devonshire Shores
- By: Julie Klassen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers and her genteel sisters fear they will be forced to sell the house and separate to earn livelihoods as governesses or companions. Determined to stay together, Sarah convinces them to open their seaside home to guests to make ends meet and provide for their ailing mother. Instead of the elderly invalids they expect to receive, however, they find themselves hosting eligible gentlemen. Sarah is soon torn between a growing attraction to a mysterious Scottish widower and duty to her family.
-
-
Why does it have to be a steamy romance
- By K on 12-31-22
By: Julie Klassen
-
Blue Moon Promise
- Under Texas Stars, Book 1
- By: Colleen Coble
- Narrated by: Devon O’day
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lucy Marsh's worldly resources are running out, but she's fiercely determined to care for her younger brother and sister. When she discovers that their father's recent death was no accident, Lucy is eager to leave town. She accepts a proxy marriage she believes will provide safe refuge. But trouble follows her to Texas where her new husband is surprised to suddenly have a wife and children to care for.
-
-
This is one of my favorite books!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-09-21
By: Colleen Coble
-
The Best Summer of Our Lives
- By: Rachel Hauck
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twenty years ago, the summer of '77 was supposed to be the best summer of her life. She and her best friends, Spring, Autumn, and Snow—the Four Seasons, 4ever—had big plans. But those plans never had a chance. After a teenage prank gone awry, the Seasons found themselves on a bus to Tumbleweed, "Nowhere," Oklahoma, to spend eight weeks as camp counselors. Arriving with hidden secrets and buried fears, those two months changed their friendships and the course of their lives.
-
-
4 Seasons + 1
- By Paige on 09-19-24
By: Rachel Hauck
-
The Letter from Briarton Park
- The Houses of Yorkshire Series, Book 1
- By: Sarah E. Ladd
- Narrated by: Jude Mason
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Cassandra Hale grew up knowing little about her parentage, and she had made peace with the fact that she never would. But her world shifts when a shocking deathbed confession reveals a two-year-old letter from Mr. Clark, the master of Briarton Park, with hints to her family's identity. Stung by betrayal, Cassandra travels to the village of Anston only to learn Mr. Clark has since passed away.
-
-
Tedious
- By David on 08-19-22
By: Sarah E. Ladd
-
The Last Dollar Princess
- A Young Heiress's Quest for Independence in Gilded Age America and George V's Coronation Year England
- By: Linda Bennett Pennell
- Narrated by: Ally Lane
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It must be said. Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they kick it away, it comes slinking around time-after-time. Although her relatives are obsessed with social position and the opinions of others, heiress India Elisabeth Petra De Vries Ledbetter is determined to live life by her own terms, family expectations and society's demands be damned.
-
-
Disappointing
- By Kira on 06-21-23
-
Until Leaves Fall in Paris
- By: Sarah Sundin
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As the Nazis march toward Paris in 1940, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English-language bookstore to allow the Jewish owners to escape. Lucie struggles to run Green Leaf Books due to oppressive German laws and harsh conditions, but she finds a way to aid the resistance by passing secret messages between the pages of her books.
-
-
Good story, not so good narration, too much religion
- By Amazon Customer on 04-16-22
By: Sarah Sundin
-
The Grand Design
- A Novel of Dorothy Draper
- By: Joy Callaway
- Narrated by: Gina Carlson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dorothy Draper has one last chance to prove she chose the right course for her life. With the restoration of The Greenbrier resort at her fingertips, Dorothy aspires to give new life to a place that’s sentimental to her, and to bring a new spark to interior design.
-
-
Too much romance, not enough history
- By Amy Osborne on 01-29-23
By: Joy Callaway
-
Shadows of Swanford Abbey
- By: Julie Klassen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Miss Rebecca Lane returns to her home village after a few years away, her brother begs for a favor: Go to nearby Swanford Abbey and deliver his manuscript to an author staying there who could help him get published. Feeling responsible for her brother's desperate state, she reluctantly agrees.
-
-
Mostly conventional Gothic romance
- By Amazon Customer on 04-24-22
By: Julie Klassen
-
The Social Tutor
- Branches of Love, Book 1
- By: Sally Britton
- Narrated by: Rachael Beresford
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After years of escaping etiquette lessons in favor of the stables, Christine Devon's grand debut in London is only weeks away, though her deportment lacks the sophisticated polish she needs to achieve her goals of a lofty marriage. Desperate to take her place in society, she needs someone to instruct her in proper behavior. Thomas Gilbert, newly returned from Italy, is ready to begin his dream of founding a horse farm. But during his time away, the estate's finances have dwindled to almost nothing. A chance meeting between them may solve both their problems.
-
-
<3 it!
- By Voracious Reader on 12-21-18
By: Sally Britton
-
Heathcliff Lennox - France 1918
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst -Phillips
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Spring, 1918. The Great War is at a crucial stage, the Germans are making one last push into France, and the Allies are struggling to hold them back. Battle lines are shifting, and men, and their machines, are being sent up and down the front to shore up defenses. Major Heathcliff Lennox, and his batman Greggs, are told to report to their new HQ. They set off on a sunlit day to fly the distance, but the enemy is never far away, and disaster strikes. They're sent crashing to the ground behind enemy lines, where life, death, and love await.
-
-
Another great Heathcliff Lennox
- By Katydid65 on 06-04-21
-
The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill
- Tales From Ivy Hill, Book 1
- By: Julie Klassen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The lifeblood of the Wiltshire village of Ivy Hill is its coaching inn, The Bell. But when the innkeeper dies suddenly, his genteel wife, Jane Bell, becomes the reluctant owner. Jane has no notion of how to run a business. However, with the town's livelihood at stake and a large loan due, she must find a way to bring new life to the inn. Despite their strained relationship, Jane turns to her resentful mother-in-law, Thora, for help.
-
-
Most enjoyable Book!!
- By KN on 03-18-17
By: Julie Klassen
-
Promises and Primroses
- The Proper Romance Mayfield Family Regency Series, Book 1
- By: Josi S. Kilpack
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lord Elliott Mayfield sees the new generation of his family moving in the same direction of bad matches and scandalous relationships as the last. In hopes to change their course, he establishes a "marriage campaign" to motivate them to improve themselves through making respectable matches. Peter, Elliott's eldest nephew, thinks the entire idea is ridiculous. A widower with two young daughters, he simply needs a governess, not a wife. Julia Hollingsworth has the credentials and the experience, but is too young and pretty for such a job. So why can't he stop thinking about her?
-
-
Jane Austen is back!
- By J Smith on 06-09-19
By: Josi S. Kilpack
-
Wager for a Wife
- By: Karen Tuft
- Narrated by: Luone Ingram
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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.
-
-
Unusual story line
- By Gloria Hubbard on 08-01-22
By: Karen Tuft
-
Lady of Milkweed Manor
- By: Julie Klassen
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A vicar's 20-year-old daughter pays dearly for a single lapse in judgment. To avoid the scorn of local villagers, Charlotte Lamb wends her way to the forbidding Milkweed Manor on the outskirts of London. Concealing her identity, she finds refuge within the dank confines of this mysterious bastion of old secrets and new life. She soon encounters a former suitor, harboring secrets of his own. Firmly relying on God's strength, both resolve to protect their loved ones.
-
-
PART MISSING!!
- By Wendy on 02-09-11
By: Julie Klassen
-
Death Comes to the Village
- Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Catherine Lloyd
- Narrated by: Susannah Tyrrell
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Major Robert Kurland has returned to the quiet vistas of Kurland St. Mary to recuperate from the horrors of Waterloo. However injured his body may be, his mind is as active as ever. Too active, perhaps. When he glimpses a shadowy figure from his bedroom window struggling with a heavy load, the tranquil façade of the village begins to loom sinister....
-
-
Starts slowly, gets better
- By TabithaD on 02-16-24
By: Catherine Lloyd
What listeners say about Love of the Summerfields
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Ritagrace
- 05-11-17
Great story ... not so great vocals
Nancy Moser has written a delightful story with countless twists and turns. However I almost gave up listening to it several times because of the sharp tones of the narrator. I was glad I stuck with it, but wish she would choose a reader with a more pleasant voice.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
- happyjo
- 08-17-19
Love of the summerfields
I really enjoyed this book! Old English families have many secrets revealed. Gives an insight into the workings of the households of days gone by.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Darnisha Harlamd
- 09-23-21
I enjoyed this book
I am a sucker for the old English stories and she told it well in my opinion. All of the characters found what they were looking for in one way or another. I don't like loose ends. And even though there is another story coming up she still did a good job of tying those loose ends. If a person didn't read the second book they still should be satisfied with the way this ended.
I am not very happy with the narrator, at sometimes it was difficult to understand what she was saying due to the accents she was using. I know that to be true because when she did certain characters I understood her just fine, and others I did not understand so well!
I actually looked it up to see if she was English or if she was in American doing a bad English accent and come to find out she actually is from Surrey and is an English woman.
I was kind of disappointed with the way she did the characters. Even though stories can be good, that does make a difference on how you enjoy the book if it's being read to you. If I read it myself, I would've given the book 5 stars because like I said I am a sucker for the old English stories.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Kindle Customer
- 01-24-19
A fun book
it's a good book of the ups and downs in a family and servants in an English manor
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Dawn
- 10-15-24
historical England romance
I truly enjoyed this delightful story of romance in a manor house in the late 1800's.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
- Kiltandlassie
- 06-30-16
Storyline predictable; Narration terrible.
Narration was painful to listen to. Fake English accents botched the whole book. Storyline was simplistic and predictable.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!