The Wife Trap

A Novel

By: Tracy Anne Warren

Narrated by: Bianca Amato

Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times best-selling author Tracy Anne Warren is among the world’s most popular Regency romance novelists. She sweeps listeners to the Irish countryside for this saucy tale of deception. When Lady Jeannette Brantford is banished from her family’s estate in England, she encounters the dashing Darragh O’Brien. Too bad the common architect is well below her station.

©2006 Tracy Anne Warren (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

Good listen

Love the narration!! Awesome story line and can not wait to move on to the next book in the series!!

Cute story

I give this 3.5 stars overall. The narrator did good job, although the Irish accent was irritating at times.

Jeannette was a spoiled aristocratic lady with a penchant for scandal. I liked the growth of Jeanette’s character throughout the book after she was forced to marry Darragh. However, my opinion regarding Darragh deteriorated for several reasons. First he wrongly deceived Jeanette, was a hypocrite on their wedding night when he discovered she wasn’t a virgin and turned into a tyrant with his unwillingness to allow her to visit her sister during the end of her pregnancy. I recommend this book and look forward to the final novel in the series.

Spitfire and Battle of wills

I enjoyed this book more so than the first one. I liked Dara and Jeanette’s instant spark and explosive chemistry. I also enjoy the fact that Jeanette is a spitfire. I did feel as if the book wrapped up a bit too quickly. I feel the ending was rushed and forced a bit. But overall I very much enjoyed it and couldn’t put it down as it were.

Simply fabu!

It was even better than Violet and Adrian's story. I cried through out. Dialysis isn't nearly as bad when listening to Ms. Warren's stories.

Wonderful ... just wonderful

This is just a charming listening ... I so enjoyed the humor and the spontaneous laughter experienced while listening to this story.

Delightfully funny and romantic...and sexy:)

I enjoyed the first of this trilogy but I knew I wouild love the second book and I do! I love Darrow, who wouldn't?! I just hope this last book will be interesting as the main character is a wallflower at best. But I'm going to give it a try. I really like this author because she inserts the right amount of story, romance and hotness!

Delightful, and the narrator is really amazing

I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud while reading a book like that ..
This book will follow the twin sister of Viola from the first book Jeannette, after the scandal she made last season her parents decides to exile her to her cousins house in Ireland where she will meet a rugged man who is an architect named Darragh O'Brien, he is handsome and witty and he likes to banter with her .. too bad he can't provide her the life she wants .. or so she thought
I have to say, as a first series I read in Historical Regency this author knows how to write her stuff, she keeps the story interesting and I couldn't help but to care about the characters and what will happen to them although initially I didn't like either of them .. but they grew on me and their banter was so organic and their relationship was nice and I felt they are really suitable for each other
I enjoyed my time with this one and I'm kind of excited to see Kit's story in the third book

One of the best books I have ever read

I absolutely LOVED this book. Wonderful character development, amazing story, and a heart warming love story. DO NOT miss getting this book.

FANTASTIC BOOK...A MASTERPIECE!

What made the experience of listening to The Wife Trap the most enjoyable?

This is a riveting, wonderful book. I could not stop listening until I was done. The background, psychological aspects, schemas and values of the characters are so well-developed. I love a story with redemptive themes and that is exactly what this book is about. In this case, a spoiled yet beautiful young woman finds her inner beauty with the help of a patient passionate man who is fully invested in seeing her develop into more than what she is; a superficial & overindulged lady of society.

The heroine, Jeanette was introduced to readers in the first book which lays down the foundation for the journey of hardship and tough lessons that inevitably await her due to her spoiled character and nature. Darragh, the hero, is the epitome of masculinity interwoven with his traits of kindness, patience and passion. He is a breath of fresh air and exactly what Jeanette needs to help her improve her life and value system.

Jeanette is a beautiful woman, with peeks of redeeming qualities that have readers hoping that she will eventually learn to find true value in life that is substantive and not superficially grounded as in her current state.

Jeanette is the result of natural beauty, spoiled by a permissive parenting style in which she was never held accountable for her actions. This spoiled nature was further affirmed by society. Such shallow constitutions in one's character has a way of making the individual truly miserable at heart. This is why Darragh is just the medicine she needs to help her wake up to the beauty that surrounds her and find a deeper meaning in life.

I completely agreed with his "intervention," if you will, in teaching her lessons of life by taking her to the cottage he claimed to be his home and having her develop independent skills. I know he paid a price for that, but I think the fall out was just part of the process on this road to recovery that Jeanette embarked upon.

Ultimately, she has touched by true love which melted away the emptiness of living solely for society, parties and selfish pursuits.

Overall, I loved this book! I could not put it down. Many times, I laughed out loud at the banter and teasing pranks that kept Jeanette & Darragh's chemistry real, powerful and tangible. Having read both the Husband Trap and the Wife Trap, I'm about to read the 3rd book in the trilogy and I can hardly wait. Tracy Ann Warren is undoubtably one of my new, favorite authors. She is brilliant!!!! Thank you for the gift of the WIFE TRAP, oh and the Husband Trap....both fabulous, wonderful books.

What did you like best about this story?

The chemistry between Darragh and Jeanette and the theme of true love.

What about Bianca Amato’s performance did you like?

BIANCA AMATO IS AMAZING!!! What a fabulous, talented narrator. She did a superb job in bringing the characters to life. I was so impressed with her work and I hope to listen to more books she has narrated.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Steaming, hot chemistry!...LOL....I really don't know...

Really enjoyed this book!

What made the experience of listening to The Wife Trap the most enjoyable?

I thought this was a good sequel to Husband Trap. Even though the main character didn't play a very good role in the first book, she made up for it in this book.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I was very excited to drive to work every morning so I could listen.