The Lord of Heartbreak
Reluctant Regency Brides, Book 2
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Duke DeFoix
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Duchess DeFoix
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Claudia Stone
About this listen
Miss Jane Deveraux is in a bind; her brother, Viscount Jarvis, has married and his new wife does not want her bookish sister-in-law encroaching on their wedded bliss. The Viscountess makes it very clear that Jane must find a husband, but the confirmed spinster doesn’t have many suitors lining up to claim her hand.
What Jane needs is a large sum of money, so that she can buy the local boarding house, and live out her days holding intellectual saloons for the egalitarian set. Though where she’ll find this money is anyone’s guess…
James Fairweather, Lord Payne is the heir to the Ducal seat of Hawkfield. Tall, handsome, and with a roguish charm that has women falling at his feet, he should be living the easy life of an entitled bachelor. The only problem is that his father has tired of his rakish ways and declares that unless Payne cleans up his act he will be disinherited. What Payne needs is a respectable - dare he say boring - woman that he can parade around for a season to convince his father that he has changed his ways. The only person who fits the bill is his friend’s sister, Jane, who reluctantly agrees to go along with the charade - for a price, of course. Though when the Lord of Heartbreak finds himself falling in love with the clever, bookish young woman, he realizes that he’s very much so at risk of having his own heart broken.
This sweet, regency comes with a guaranteed happily ever after and can be read as part of the series or as a stand-alone novel.
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Lord Darcy is the quintessential Englishman: wealthy, titled, impossibly proper, and horrified that a pack of Americans has inherited one of England's most respected dukedoms. But his manners, his infamous self-restraint, and his better judgment fly out the window when he finds himself with the maddening American girl next door.
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Disappointing
- By kestergayle on 02-25-16
By: Maya Rodale
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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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- By Gloria Hubbard on 08-01-22
By: Karen Tuft
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Along Came a Duke
- Rhymes with Love
- By: Elizabeth Boyle
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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Her Aunt Allegra said, "A young lady with a fortune is subject to all sorts of untoward attentions by the worst sort of vagrants." It is a lesson Tabitha Timmons, a penniless spinster, has never needed to heed. That is, until she is left a vast fortune payable only upon her marriage to the very respectable Mr. Barkworth - a match that offers little chance of discovering exactly what her aunt means by "untoward attentions." But the same can't be said when the Duke of Preston happens along Tabitha's path....
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Just what I needed!
- By Mon on 07-10-12
By: Elizabeth Boyle
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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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Why Dukes Say I Do
- Wicked Widows, Book 1
- By: Manda Collins
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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Lady Isabella Wharton has little interest in the customs of the country. But when her godmother asks her to pay a visit to her bachelor grandson in Yorkshire, she goes to see the newly-titled - and notoriously rustic - Duke of Ormond. Trevor Carey doesn't care about what goes on behind ballroom doors. He is content with the simple life - and isn't ashamed to admit it to a society flirt like Lady Isabella. But the country air brings out a different side of Isabella - one full of longing and passion. Can her sophistication be hiding a desire for love?
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Tender Romance with suspense and mystery.
- By 🌸DARA on 08-05-13
By: Manda Collins
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Edward and Amelia
- By: Karen Thornell
- Narrated by: Noah Wall
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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The last thing Amelia Kennington wants is to participate in the London Season. But the daughter of a duke is not afforded such opinions. She must put forth a subdued facade, but beneath it is a well-hidden fire that surfaces only when provoked—such as when an overly familiar gentleman startles her and she falls into the Serpentine.
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Riveting
- By Shopgirl on 09-13-23
By: Karen Thornell
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The Game and the Governess
- Winner Takes All, Book 1
- By: Kate Noble
- Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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When Ned meets governess Phoebe Baker, he becomes intent on gaining her affections. Phoebe wants nothing more than to keep her head down, teach her students, and go unnoticed-especially by the Earl of Ashby. But his rakish secretary has the infuriating habit of constantly crossing her path. Yet Phoebe cannot deny that her pulse quickens in Ned's presence. If this prim-and-proper governess lets her heart rule, will fate intervene where Ned's luck has forsaken him?
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My Musings
- By Reader Lady on 07-30-16
By: Kate Noble
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Miss Winthorpe's Elopement
- By: Christine Merrill
- Narrated by: Simon Phillips
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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The winner of the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart contest for unpublished manuscripts, Christine Merrill has built a considerable fanbase for her steamy romance novels. Here, shy heiress Miss Penelope Winthorpe lives under the oppressive thumb of her bullying brother. In an attempt to escape his dour company, she accidentally weds Adam Felkirk, Duke of Bellston. Felkirk was not looking for marriage either, yet now he is intent on seducing his new bride.
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- By joanie on 04-08-19
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Ruined by Rumor
- By: Alyssa Everett
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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Who could possibly throw over a woman as beautiful and vivacious as Roxana? Certainly not Alex Winslow, the Earl of Ayersley, who has spent years trying in vain to forget his unrequited love. When he learns she's been abandoned by her cad of a fiancé, he finds himself offering a shoulder for her to cry on. Comfort soon turns into a passionate kiss—and scandal when they are caught in an embrace.
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Good Old-Fashioned Romance!
- By Lady M on 09-28-13
By: Alyssa Everett
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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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Winter Collection
- Six Historical Short Stories (A Timeless Romance Anthology, Book 1)
- By: Sarah M. Eden, Heidi Ashworth, Annette Lyon, and others
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Six award-winning authors have contributed brand new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Winter Collection. A collection unlike any other, listeners will love this compilation of six sweet historical romance novellas, set in varying eras, yet all with one thing in common: Romance.
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Winter
- By Manila J. Dobbs on 08-12-23
By: Sarah M. Eden, and others
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The Houseguest
- A Pride and Prejudice Vagary
- By: Elizabeth Adams
- Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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When Georgiana Darcy comes to Netherfield to visit her brother, she becomes friends with a neighbor, Elizabeth Bennet. After Miss Darcy has returned to London, she invites her new friend to stay with her at the Darcy home in town, unbeknownst to Mr. Darcy.
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Maidens and Matrons
- By BHG on 12-21-16
By: Elizabeth Adams
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The Truth About Love and Dukes
- Dear Lady Truelove
- By: Laura Lee Guhrke
- Narrated by: Carolyn Morris
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Henry, Duke of Torquil, wouldn't be caught reading the wildly popular "Dear Lady Truelove" column, but when its advice causes his mother to embark on a scandalous elopement, an outraged Henry decides the author of this tripe must be stopped before she can ruin any more lives. Though Lady Truelove's identity is a closely guarded secret, Henry has reason to suspect the publisher of the notorious column, beautiful and provoking Irene Deverill, is also its author.
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One of the very best...EVER!
- By Morgan Mc Glacken on 08-23-17
By: Laura Lee Guhrke
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- Reader of Lives
- 04-29-20
Adorable
This is the second book of the Reluctant Regency Brides series. I didn't think I could love this book as much as the first one, but James stole my heart from the get-go. Jane is also a nice character, a woman who's smart and intellectual but doesn't know anything about the matters of the heart. Their interactions had me smiling at nothing as I listened to them, Once again Duke and Duchess DeFoix leave me speechless with their amazing voice acting. I loved their dynamics and how they narrate this story. The Duke narrates all the male voices and the Duchess narrates all the females voices, giving the audiobook an extra something that made me listen to it in one sitting.
Overall this is a sweer, adorable and heartwarming read.
NOTE: Even though you can listen to the books of the series out of order, I would strongly suggest anyone interested to listen to this before the third book of the series. The Marquess of Temptation's first 6-7 chapters take place along this book and in the third book most of the events narrated here are skipped over, which could make it a little confusing.
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- Denise
- 05-07-18
Couldn't stop listening!
This was my 2nd Claudia Stone Audible narrated by Duke and Duchess DeFoix. Like the previous audio-book (Book 1, Duke of Ruin), I planned to save the story for walks; but couldn't stop listening.
The plot was clever and had a nice overlap with Book 1 in the series. Like Book 1, the end was satisfying. A few story threads were left untied in order to pave the way for Book 3; but this did not diminish the overall story in Book 2.
The characters were well-rounded and the narrators (Duke and Duchess DeFoix) did a superb job of telling the story and bringing the characters to life!
If you like Jane Austen's books, I think you'll like the Lord of Heartbreak.
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- KBevs
- 08-11-20
How to make a 3 Star Book a 5
The great performance by the Duke and Duchess made this book. Their voices with sighs and laughter and the right emotional magnetism made this book. New narrators but truly great ones made this love story of James and Jane I’m so tired of female narrators who Over dramatize and have only one male voice. The Duke and Duchess hit this story out of the ballpark
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- Laurie S
- 10-09-20
Narrators not for me
I’ll have to give this series a try on Kindle instead. The over-the-top theatre-like female narration is not for me. I see other reviewers like this narrating couple, so it’s probably just me.
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- Believer50
- 05-27-18
All Good Characters
I got this story via audiobook boom and this is my voluntary review. This book kept my interest from beginning to end. I loved James and Jan's companion out of all of the characters. Jane's brother should have put his wife's mother in her place but he was so in love with his wife that he could not. James does finally find his way into Jane's heart but it is a difficult and funny process. This is a nice, sweet, funny romance that will make you want to slap Jane a time or two but after all sometimes when you are so book smart you miss the clues that are in front of your face about the heart.
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- Belle5620
- 05-13-20
Lord of Heartbreak
This is a cute easy listen story. I liked the strong characters and it wasn’t angsty. It probably wasn’t historically accurate but that doesn’t bother me. The narrator of the female voices Duchess Defoix made the female voices sound about 8 years old. Still, it wasn’t enough to make me stop listening. However, since I have the Audible Romance package I was able to listen for free.
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- HeatherY
- 05-19-18
Oh, My Heart!
After Jane Deveraux's brother marries, her new sister in law makes her dislike of Jane obvious and has no intention of sharing her home with a spinster bookworm. Jane is used to a lifetime of insults, but when her brother goes a step further and bribes a man to marry her, it's the last straw.
James Fairweather's father, the Duke of Hawkfield, is tired of his son's wasteful ways and threatens to disinherit him unless he shows he's matured. James has a scheme to prove to his father that he's matured, he and Jane will pretend to be engaged for the season. That way, James will prove to his father that he's matured, and James will save a building Jane loves. But James finds himself falling for the no nonsense Jane and wishes their pretend betrothal could be real.
I really enjoyed this sweet clean read! I didn't read the first book yet, but this one can be read as a standalone. I finished it in a day, although it took me longer than 4.5 hours because I re-listened to the sweet parts and funny bits so many times! There were so many laugh out loud moments, the banter between James and his father and sister got me every time. I liked Jane, not only because I love a bookworm heroine, but because she was such a sweet person despite the emotional abuse she's had to endure. And James, the romantic rake who valued Jane from the beginning, describing her as the softest of souls... Oh, my heart!
The dual narration, with the male and female narrator alternating chapters and narrating the male and female speaking parts, only took a few minutes to get used to and was seamless. Both narrators perform with vigor, which really matches the tone of the book, and made the whole thing enjoyable. I requested a copy of the audiobook, and I'm voluntarily leaving a review. I'd recommend this sweet novel, and I'm going back to read the first book in the series!
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- AmazonFrances Abdul-Azeem
- 01-06-23
Enjoy this book very much
I really enjoyed the concept of the book and the characters. They were very interesting. I could see myself reading this book a second time giving enough space between times.
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- Layla
- 05-26-18
Funny clean regency romance
I loved this book!
I have listened to one other by this author and I really liked it, so when I saw this, I thought I have to get it and I was not disappointed.
My favourite character has to be James, he is really funny without trying to be. His character was not simply black and white like I thought he would be at the beginning. As the story progressed we see that he also has different shades to his personality as well, this gave him a more realistic appearance.
Jane I liked to begin with and then I felt like slapping her for doing something silly after we are told and shown how intellegent she is but this only showed us that yes she maybe clever when it comes to information but she is not so good when it comes to the matter of the heart.
I have to admit that when I started listening to it first I thought these two main characters are not going to get together becaues they were like chalk and cheese, totally different, but as the story progressed we see more of their personality and how hard James tried to win Jane over. I absoultly loved him.
I thought the author did really well in developing the the main character (james) from when we first saw him to when he wins Jane over at the end. His personality doesn't change a lot but he matures in certain areas.
There are other characters that I also loved and hated is Janes brother, who I felt like slapping for how cruel he acted at times. I found he blow hot and cold at times when it came to Jane. His wife was a brat but this is due more to her age and to the fact that her husband doesn't stop her from doing horrible things. I think that is why they suited each other. I also loved Janes companion. She is funny too and I would love to know her story!! We meet many more that help or hinder the romance. I thought it was a really good drama.
I would highly recommend it to all since it is a clean read and it makes you laugh and smile at different times in the book.
I am looking forward to reading or listening to this authors other books.
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- Rebecca Azizov
- 06-04-18
adorble
an adorable book who is a great heartwarming funny and cute story I like the book very much it was very very nice a very enjoyable book a little bit heart squeezing story
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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