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The Heiress Companion

By: Madeleine Robins
Narrated by: Ione Butler
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Publisher's summary

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. But Lady Bradwell, impatient for her companion's happiness and her son's, wondered how long it would be before her companion and her son would open their eyes.

©1981 Madeleine Robins (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
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Editorial reviews

The Heiress Companion is a down-to-earth society romance, narrated in a refined British lilt by Ione Butler, that deftly describes three interwoven love stories between Lords and Ladies and lonely spinsters and handsomely men who may or may not be available.

Like all good society stories, there is plenty of pining, passion, subtle sideways glances, misunderstandings, resolutions, and the capturing of the ever-elusive love that these characters seek.

The Heiress Companion is an easy and entertaining fantasy that would perhaps sound great while relaxing at the beach or enjoying the serenity of a quiet Sunday afternoon.

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Enjoyed this story; narrator good.

I like period stories and this one was better than many I’ve read.
This narrator was fine with some good voices for different characters.
I have read the reviews of other Madeleine Robbins’ books and was surprised at the number of people who liked the stories but found the narrators poor.
I wonder why the author uses so many different people to voice her novels? Too bad she hasn’t used Ione Butler on more of her audios.
For audio books, narrators usually
make the success or failure of the story.
Ms Robins writes an interesting romance without pages of gratuitous sex.
I may try to read the books, in another format, where your reviewers have found poor narration to to have ruined their listening experience.

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Heiress companion

Loved it so much
Narrator is great
Good fun clean read/listen
Give it a try

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Great Story but Iffy Narration

Very charming story. The narrator did fairly well with the voices and her pace of reading, BUT there were numerous mispronunciations -even some varying mispronunciations of the same words, that proved quite distracting.

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Lovely yet predictable

A great escape into the past where simply getting married was a noble woman’s goal. Nice summer reading.

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Truly excellent complex and delightful

This truly has the most admirable qualities of a Georgette Heyer novel ... and there is no author of Regency period romance that I admire more than Georgette Heyer ... by saying this, I have given Madeleine Robins the highest praise I have available.

This is my first Madeleine Robins novel, and I am delighted to know there are more ... given the astonishingly fine quality of the plotline and characters and the witty dialogue, all accomplished in the most comfortable and cozy manner, I feel confident that you will enjoy this novel if you enjoy Georgette Heyer's novels.

There is a slight drawback, not in the quality of the narration, which is sensitive and thoughtful, but in the speed of the narration. I solved that easily by setting the speed to .75 of the recorded speed, which returned the narration to the dignified and thoughtful speed that is appropriate to Regency era novels, just like Regency era butlers, of which there is a fine one in this novel. Smiles, please give it a try, I think you'll like it.

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Sweet story

The story was sweet but very two dimensional. The narrator on the other hand was weak. She had a fine speaking voice but seemed to be unfamiliar with many words in the English language. She mispronounced so many words throughout the book it was distracting

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Short and sweet.

Very pleasant read in Georgette Heyer style. And all the more delightful for being so short.

Great performance, too.

I plan to revisit this book again and again whenever I am in need of some light cheering up.

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Okay...

Decent story, but the narrator struggled maintaining the characters' voices, in my humble opinion.

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A nice story.

This is a light listen, a light romance. Madeleine Robbins is "Georgette Heyer" light. I have looked into getting Robbins' books, as there are a limited number of Georgette Heyer books available. I recommend Robbins' books, if you enjoy light, safe, romances .

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Great Fun!

This is a fun read. Nothing too harsh or disgusting, just word play and fun. Read it during a weekend when you want to avoid football.and you'll.be happy.

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