• Affaire Royale

  • Cordina's Royal Family, Book 1
  • By: Nora Roberts
  • Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
  • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,321 ratings)

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Affaire Royale

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
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Publisher's summary

From New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a tale of palace intrigue and royal romance.

Princess Gabriella had escaped captivity, but she'd lost her memory and her kidnappers were still on the loose. She needed a protector fast, and brash American Reeve MacGee was the perfect man for the job. The handsome ex-policeman could handle absolutely anything - except falling in love with the stunning, vulnerable woman in his care.

©1986 Nora Roberts (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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A Love Story with an enjoyable plot line-Bk 1 of 3

I'm a huge fan of Nora Roberts, and although it's her romantic suspense novels, and her "In Death" series written under JD Robb that I enjoy the most, this more classic love story was very good. It is book 1 of one of her trilogies and it's one of her best in this classic romance genre. I highly recommend this book. In addition to my favorite author, my favorite narrator, Susan Ericksen, performs this book. She brings the characters to life for me and makes everything she reads more enjoyable. I often search for audiobooks with her as the narrator and 95% of the time, it leads me to another well written novel or a different series written by very talented authors. I've learned to trust that if she is the narrator, the probability is high that I will enjoy the book. Affaire Royale was a fun book containing both substance and depth, which I appreciated.

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  • 03-29-16

I love NR and SE, but...

I don't think this was one of NR's best, and I have read a LOT of her books. Not much character development, very little emotion, and a predictable plot as well. The romance was negligible, and seemed forced. I thought it was so-so at best.

I think part of the problem was the narration. I think Susan Ericksen is fantastic, and I have every one of her "In Death" performances (42 to date), where I think she is brilliant!. But I don't think she was right for this book. Her accents seemed off - although she does an excellent job at the Irish brogue for Roarke in the In Death series, I think she failed miserably with the accents in this book. And I thought her voice was just a little too matter-of-fact for the princess. It left me disconnected from the story - I didn't really feel the romance at all.

If this is the first of a series, I am not sure I will purchase the next one. Well, if it's on sale, maybe...

However, this won't stop me from purchasing other books from NR, JD Robb. or those narrated by SE. This one was just not up to par, that's all. Sorry, Susan - guess even you have bad days. :(

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So so for Roberts

Susan Ericksen first let me say is one of my favorite narrators. I simply love the intensity she brings to the characters. The story was okay for the start of a trilogy . Nora does has more engaging trilogies. The story was charming. I would hold off on the purchase unless you simply like Nora Roberts book

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I love Nora, but this one was disappointing

Simplistic, trite, and frankly, boring. I stuck with it hoping it would get better but it just went downhill. I had just finished Sweet Revenge and Under Currents, which were both FABULOUS and the shortcomings of this one were pretty glaring. I’m requesting my credit back!!

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  • KC
  • 07-01-19

Just couldn’t

Just couldn’t get past the screeching tone of the woman’s voice long enough to enjoy the book... too bad too I like Nora Roberts books.

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Start a series on Sale

The monthly member sales page/deal Has this classic author and narrator on sale. Miss Roberts writes formulaic and if you enjoy the JD Robb series, then you will see many of the similar dialouge that the author puts in her stories in this book. I love the first six books in the JD Robb series and have listened to them again Every few years. So I took a chance on this classic story/series As audible said the series will continue next month on sale. This story did not disappoint
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Terribly disappointed!

Couldn't get past chapter 6 on this one. Would not waste your money on it!

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Not her best work.

Very disappointed. One of my favorite authors but not one of her best efforts, by any means.

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Short Royal Romantic Suspense

Affaire Royale is an early Nora book, but it has the romantic suspense that she known for. Bre (Princess Gabriella) reappeared after being kidnapped and now she has amnesia. Reeve MacGee, an ex-cop and an American. Reeve knew the royal family for years, so when Bre needed someone to protect her, he was tasked to do so. Reeve and Bre pushed and pulled at each other as they tried to find out who kidnapped Bre and Bre tried to regain her memories. Affair Royale was a quick, fake engagement, romantic suspense. It was different than what from Nora writes now, but no so much that it didn’t have her signature voice.

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Loved the story!

I can't wait to listen to the rest of this series! And the narrator was spot on and easy to listen to. You have done it again Ms Roberts! A+

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