The Winter Bride

Chance Sisters Romance, Book 2

By: Anne Gracie

Narrated by: Alison Larkin

Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Damaris Chance's unhappy past has turned her off the idea of marriage forever. But her guardian, Lady Beatrice Davenham, convinces her to make her coming out anyway - and have a season of carefree, uncomplicated fun.

When Damaris finds herself trapped in a compromising situation with the handsome rake Freddy Monkton-Coombes, she has no choice but to agree to wed him - as long as it's in name only. Her new husband seems to accept her terms, but Freddy has a plan of his own: To seduce his reluctant winter bride.

Will Damaris' secrets destroy her chance at true happiness? Or can Freddy help her cast off the shackles of the past, and yield to delicious temptation?

©2014 Anne Gracie (P)2014 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Gracie charms and entices with this launch of the Regency-era Chance Sisters series.... A deep, rich story that will leave [listeners] starry-eyed." ( Publishers Weekly)

loved it. would like to hear her other books

loved this book. cant wait to hear the others. I'm going on to the next book

Terrific story

These stories by Anne Gracie are terrific. The characters are well developed. Gracie writes terrific dialogues. I love all the girls, but Lady Beatrix is a trip.

When a Good Cry is all that will Due...

Amazing string of characters! They're all real and relevant too the story ... crying is my favourite pastime, so this was the perfect story for me. Romantic tear jerker!,!!

💜 I LOVED this!

This was absolutely a sweet and hilarious book. I love series books because we get to visit the old characters, and see the stories of the secondary characters develop. The characters have SO much personality and it's easy to put yourself right into the story. I love how Damaris and Freddy interact throughout the entire book. I love soooo much when a book doesn't spend so much time on the angst of the H&H relationship and all the conflict along the way until at the very end we finally can relax with a happily ever after. Well this book is really just about the story of these two and their journey in the relationship. There are always the bad guys, and there are a couple you get to dislike, but it doesn't interfere with Damaris and Freddy's relationship.

I read a lot about the narrator. Now, we are used to most narrators who read us a story. A few get into character a bit when we're lucky. But Alison Larkin really gets into character, and it's not characters we're used to. They're flamboyant and have a lot of color and that's the way Alison reads the story. At first, it takes a little getting adjusted to, but trust me, you'll never ever accept Freddy any other way. Or any of the other characters for that matter.

I bought this book on sale for $3.45 and it was one billion percent worth it!! Would it have been worth a whole credit? Well I very very very rarely spend a credit on one book. I most always get them on a 2/1 sale unless it's something specific I'm after. So I wouldn't have ever gotten this book if it hadn't been on sale. That being said, IF I had used a whole credit for it, I wouldn't have been the least bit disappointed!!!

Heart touching story!

When you find yourself smiling while listening and someone says something about your happy smile, you know you have enjoyed a book and its performance!

OK

The story was ok and had some fairly humorous moments in it. It was different in most other books with the female character's back story.

The main complaint I had about it was the male character's voice by the narrator. He sounded like the flamboyant peacock types who are subcharacters in most of the other regency type books I've listened to. His voice was too lilty or song like or something, even during the love scenes. I just couldn't get into him.

if you liked the first book in this series, I'd still recommend listening to this one, though..

So enjoyable

What did you love best about The Winter Bride?

There was nothing to dislike and everything to like.

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the different characters and who they had become.

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

I've listened to all 3 in this series and have enjoyed every minute!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The author has everything in this book. It made me laugh out loud, smile and think of the past.

Any additional comments?

This book and the other were not long enough. I could not wait to start the next one and was sad when it ended. I am looking forward to the next one but very impatient.

Utterly Adorable!

Perfectly narrated by Alison Larkin, the two main characters are such a well balanced combination of charm, tragedy, and humor that I enjoyed every minute of this delightful book.

Great series

It’s a great series they should make a movie about this stories . Can’t wait for the next book ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

A new favorite auth/narrator duo

The story was well plotted and the narration was spot on.
I hope Gracie and Larkin continue to collaborate in the future.