Ravished

By: Amanda Quick

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

There was no doubt about it. What Miss Harriet Pomeroy needed was a man. Someone powerful and clever who could help her rout the unscrupulous thieves who were using her beloved caves to hide their loot. But when Harriet summoned Gideon Westbrook Viscount St. Justin to her aid, she could not know that she was summoning the devil himself....
Dubbed the Beast of Blackthorne Hall for his scarred face and lecherous past, Gideon was strong and fierce and notoriously menacing. Yet Harriet could not find it in her heart to fear him. For in his tawny gaze she sensed a savage pain she longed to soothe...and a searing passion she yearned to answer.

Now, caught up in the beast's clutches, Harriet must find a way to win his heart - and evade the deadly trap of a scheming villain who would see them parted for all time.

©2009 Amanda Quick (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Although more romance than Regency - a few articles of clothing and a liberal sprinkling of the word ton suffice for atmosphere - genre aficionados will find this a spiffy read." ( Publishers Weekly)

Good in reread, too

Another one that I dust off and read periodically.
Plump spinster with her own interests and world view meets reclusive, scarred, and disgraced nobleman. But it's not boring or a trite as that sounds. It's actually quite lively and a good deal of fun, including a carriage chase, Bow Street Runners, thieves, and fossil hunters, and an attempted murder. The characters are great fun!
Anne Flosnik is not my favorite narrator. Reminds me of the hams from old radio shows.

Finally the Narrator Gets It Right

Finally Anne Flosnick catches the right tone with Amanda Quick's Ravished! She was, at last, able to get the hero's proper attitude down! Yes haughty and cold (for good reason) but totally besotted and indulgent with the heroine from the very beginning, just as all of Quick's heroes are!

Quick has long been a favorite author for me so to see her earlier books coming out on audio was exciting. To hate Flosnick's interruption of the heroes personalities until Ravished was very disappointing. I haven't listened to the other two in the "R" series as I'm afraid of wasting more credits as I did with the three "S" series of books.

To say I was totally underwhelmed by Flosnick's narration of the three "S" series of books is an understatement. Flosnick ruined them for me with her harsh/cruel interpretation of the heroes. Quick has never written that type of a hero! They may be firm and try to remain cold in trying to come to grips with the feisty heroines but they are always besotted and indulgent right from the start. If I can't "hear" that classic Quick hero then the books are not worth listening to.

For me Ravished was finally narrated properly and I thoroughly enjoyed the listen.

Best and most expressive narrator

What did you love best about Ravished?

The intelligence of the herione

What did you like best about this story?

Too hard to choose.

Have you listened to any of Anne Flosnik’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I love her voice. She does men believably well and sounds very authentic. I only buy audio by her if she is the only narrator.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The loyality and blind faith both characters had for one another.

Any additional comments?

This is a very well written book, it makes you laugh and feel what the characters feel. It pulls you in to the story and makes you a part of it!

Enjoyable

For Amanda Quick fans this is very enjoyable. It was hard to stop listening to but finishes nicely. One of Ann Flosnick's better performances. I would listen again.

Oh The Drama Of It All

The book is very good but I can no longer stand another syllable from Flosnik. I bought this book months ago and just never could get into it because of her. As it is, I listened to the first half of part one and the last half of part two, that's all I could take. I think it is the.... pauses.... between.... each.... word.... Flosnik speaks for both characters, especially his. Yikes! Deep Drama. I will NOT be buying another book read by her. Actually I hesitated buying this one...with this reading she definately pushed me over the edge to be sure I don't do it again.

Good book

I love Anne Flosnik as narrator. Enjoy all of Amanda Quick books, sometimes the main female is a bit to naive or gullible but the story was good and I enjoyed listening to it

Easy read

The story was a decent one to listen to but the main character was frustrating in almost every way possible. Harriet seems like a huge pain to deal with and I found myself skipping a lot of her areas towards the end of the book.

Beauty and the Beast Retelling

Ravished is a Beauty and the Beast retelling. Harriet is a bluestocking and Gideon Westbrook, the Viscount of St Justin has a scar and a ruined reputation thus making him the beast. Also, Harriet was not like other girls and men wanted to protect her from Gideon or just want her. Also, she made some pretty dumb decisions, putting herself in harms way before Gideon warned her. Gideon was grumpy, rude, and overbearing to the point where he was intolerable at times. There were lulls in the story where I was bored. However, the romance itself was good and I enjoyed Harriet’s and Gideon’s interactions together. When they worked together, it was magical and their chemistry was very good.

Book - 5 stars...Narration - 2 stars

I truly love Amanda Quick. And I am truly saddened by the fact that almost all of her books seem to be narrated by Anne Flosnik. The other disaster is Josephine Bailey (who narrates other AQ books)...*sigh*

The book - Great characters, fun predicaments, great romance!

The narration - almost painful to listen to (although I appreciate the British accent) because the voice was thready and her attempt at a masculine voice was a disaster. I actually could not finish listening to this book (although I have read it several times) due to the narration.

So, while I love Amanda Quick in hard copy, I will not be spending anymore money on her audiobooks.

Great Historical Romance

An unloved hero, shunned from society by their own skewed perception of the past. A quaint heroine who is able to see him for what he is despite the cold shell he wrapped himself into. Indo so enjoy a good wholesome romance. my only complaint is Anne, the narrator, will read a dialogue and her voice can't seem to differentiate between St. Justin's voice and hers. Anne will come out of a dialogue and read the rest of the passage in the same gruff voice, and it was a bit bothersome, but not a deal breaker. She played Harriet's voice well.