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The Seduction, Book 1
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Eloisa James
About this listen
Shamed for her curves and plagued by a Mean Girl, Bea is miserable—until she triumphs over social disaster and wins the hand and heart of a duke. One of Eloisa James’s most exuberant and emotional novellas.
Miss Beatrice Valentine is having a horrible first Season, shamed for her curves by Lady Regina Haywood.
Despite Regina's attempts to make Bea a wallflower, Bea finds herself torn between Regina’s fiancé, the rakish, quick-tempered Lord Peregrine, and Regina’s brother, the war-hero, the Duke of Lennox.
Bea is determined to marry a kindly man, and certainly no one close to Regina. But both of these gentlemen are determined to seduce her...and one will succeed.
Praise for Eloisa James:
'Eloisa James is extraordinary'—Lisa Kleypas
'Smart heroines, sensual heroes, witty repartee and a penchant for delicious romance have made James a fan favorite . . . readers will be hooked from beginning to end'—RT Book Reviews
'Romance writing does not get much better than this'—People
'Eloisa James writes with a captivating blend of charm, style, and grace that never fails to leave the reader sighing and smiling and falling in love'—Julia Quinn
'Charming, romantic and unexpectedly funny'—Kirkus
Previously published as The Seduction: Bea [Episodes 1-18] on Kindle Vella.
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Most disappointing!
- By Jeanne on 08-09-21
By: Julia Quinn, and others
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Don't Let Your Dukes Grow Up to Be Scoundrels
- Dukes in Disguise, Book 1
- By: Louisa Darling
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Lady Gemma Lively’s life as the darling of London’s fast set was carefree and fun, filled with exciting friends, daring fashions, and scandalous parties. But when the death of her father leaves her family with nothing but a dilapidated coaching inn at the end of the Earth, it’s up to Gemma to change their fate. She needs a rich husband immediately—but the only bachelor in sight is a devilishly distracting barkeep who doesn’t know the peerage from a pint glass.
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Riches to rags back to riches
- By r.fondo on 02-13-25
By: Louisa Darling
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Much Ado About You
- Essex Sisters, Book 1
- By: Eloisa James
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Witty, orphaned Tess Essex faces her duty: marry well and marry quickly, so she can arrange matches for her three sisters. But just when she begins to think that all might end well, one of her sisters bolts with a horse-mad young lord, and her own fiancé just plain runs away. Which leaves Tess contemplating marriage to the sort of man she wishes to avoid - one of London's most infamous rakes. Tess consents to marry him, but it may be for the worst reason of all. Absurd as she knows it to be, she may have fallen utterly in love....
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A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED
- By MMason on 07-05-13
By: Eloisa James
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A Kiss at Midnight
- By: Eloisa James
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Forced by her stepmother to attend a ball, Kate meets a prince...and decides he's anything but charming. A clash of wits and wills ensues, but they both know their irresistible attraction will lead nowhere. For Gabriel is promised to another woman—a princess whose hand in marriage will fulfill his ruthless ambitions.
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Great narrator and story.
- By angela on 07-28-10
By: Eloisa James
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The Season
- By: Sarah MacLean
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Baker
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventeen-year-old Lady Alexandra is strong-willed and sharp-tongued - in a house full of older brothers and their friends, she had to learn to hold her own. Not the best makings for an aristocratic lady in Regency London. Yet her mother still dreams of marrying Alex off to someone safe, respectable, and wealthy. But between ball gown fittings, dances, and dinner parties, Alex, along with her two best friends, Ella and Vivi, manages to get herself into what may be her biggest scrape yet.
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Very wholesome.
- By SleeplessMomToBe on 11-09-18
By: Sarah MacLean
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Lady Ruthless
- Notorious Ladies of London, Book 1
- By: Scarlett Scott
- Narrated by: John Lane, Olivia Thompson
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Lady Calliope Manning is determined to punish the man she holds responsible for her beloved brother’s death. She will do anything in her power to destroy him. When rumors swirl that the Earl of Sinclair requires a wealthy bride to rescue himself from dire financial straits, she seizes the opportunity to ruin him at last..
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Good, but narration by Thompson is a huge turn off and fail!
- By Melissa McFaddin on 02-25-21
By: Scarlett Scott
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In Want of a Viscount
- The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, Book 3
- By: Lorraine Heath
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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American Leonora Garrison has come to England in desperate search of investors to keep her family business afloat but instead finds surprising pleasure when she visits an exclusive ladies’ club and dares to kiss a stranger, who leaves her yearning for more. With a libertine for a father, Viscount Wyeth, more commonly known as Rook, vowed to live his life above reproach, with nary a hint of disgrace. Until one night, he takes a mysterious beauty into his arms, a lady who tempts him to cast his sterling reputation aside in favor of more wicked pursuits.
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I’ve loved every other LH but could notttt get into this one
- By Lauren Holm on 07-24-24
By: Lorraine Heath
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It Had to Be a Duke
- The Liar's Club, Book 1
- By: Vivienne Lorret
- Narrated by: Faye Adele
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Verity Hartley always tells the truth. Well, mostly. However, when her snooty neighbor returns to their small hamlet to brag about having a grand Season, a plethora of ballgowns, and so many suitors that she cannot possibly decide which one to marry, Verity tells a lie. She claims to be betrothed. To a duke. Who happens to be her family’s sworn enemy. But what are the odds that he would ever learn of this one, little, harmless falsehood?
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Delightful
- By Linda E on 03-09-24
By: Vivienne Lorret
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Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
- By: Julia Quinn
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Miranda Cheever has been blessed with many things, but great beauty is not among them. Still, when she meets Viscount Tuner, she knows she is meant for him. As the years go by, fate is as kind to Miranda as it is harsh on the Viscount. He's skeptical about love with good reason - but he may be falling for Miranda
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The worst narration🙀
- By MICHELLE on 01-05-17
By: Julia Quinn
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My American Duchess
- By: Eloisa James
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The arrogant Duke of Trent intends to marry a well-bred Englishwoman. The last woman he would ever consider marrying is the adventuresome Merry Pelford - an American heiress who has infamously jilted two fiancés. But after one provocative encounter with the captivating Merry, Trent desires her more than any woman he has ever met. He is determined to have her as his wife, no matter what it takes. And Trent is a man who always gets what he wants.
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Meh
- By J Crocus on 09-20-16
By: Eloisa James
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A Lady in Disguise
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Lady Maggie Wentworth must support herself as an investigative reporter. Writing under another name, she’s been exposing the notorious scandals of the ton - this time it’s the “working girls” of London. While interviewing the women, a client enters, and Maggie is shocked to see her beau. She changes clothes with one of the girls and flees out the window, only to be whisked away by a stranger.
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Another great story
- By heather hodder on 07-21-19
By: Lynsay Sands
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Miss Wonderful
- Carsington Brothers, Book 1
- By: Loretta Chase
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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War hero Alistair Carsington really really loves women, and his romantic impulses have landed him in nearly as much danger as the Battle of Waterloo. To avoid his usual temptations and perhaps even repay the friend who saved his life, he's exiled himself to a place far from civilization - Derbyshire - in winter! Fate laughs at his good intentions and drives him straight into conflict with Miss Mirabel Oldridge, his match in tenacity, intelligence, and deviousness - who also happens to be wildly irresistible.
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Couldnt finish
- By I like to shop on 06-18-16
By: Loretta Chase
bleh,,,
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i really liked bea and jonah. lived the story if a bit boring, but didnt like the quick ending.
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If I have any criticism, it would be that I had to convince myself of the heroine’s interest in the hero. We didn’t see little inklings of attraction right from the beginning. Her desire for him seemed to be a decision that she made in a crucial moment rather than a feeling that was building all along. I would also have liked to learn a little more about the Duke’s experience a soldier and why he is considered a war hero. Or for that matter, how the heir to a dukedom ended up in the military in harm’s way.
I also thought the “mean girls“ scene went on too long, considering how short a novel this was.
I really appreciated the epilogue. Eloisa James excels at these.
As good as the epilogue was, it left me with some questions. What happened to the college that was supposed to be established in Will‘s name? Why did it become Lennox college instead? There was also a question about timing regarding the information about Lady Regina that was included in the epilogue. I won’t say more because it would be a spoiler.
None of these criticisms is significant enough to change my rating from 5.0 (actually 4.5 rounded up), but it did make me wonder if perhaps this book had originally been a longer novel that was hacked up indiscriminately to become a shorter tome. If that is the case, I urge the publishing company to take a second look and release this novel in its entirety. Eloisa James is too good to miss a word!
Happy to see more from Eloisa James
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Bee getting some backbone!
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Not enough depth
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Terrible narration
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A Fun Read
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I like that she was not the conversational beauty.
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Terrible narrator
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Perfect short story!
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