Windsong Manor

The Proper Romance Regency Series

By: Julie Wright

Narrated by: Antonia Bath

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

A young widow. A gentle stable master. A secret that could change everything. Will Nora dare risk her heart?

The London Countryside, 1820.

Eleanora Coventry comes from a life of title and privilege, but even that isn’t enough to prevent her from being wed at sixteen to a controlling and dismissive husband. So when she finds herself a widow at only twenty-seven, the idea of choosing her own path forward both thrills and terrifies her. She knows how to be a daughter and a wife and mother, but she has no idea how to be Eleanora.

She moves her son and daughter to her late husband’s country estate, where she meets Ridley, the young stable master. He is ruggedly handsome, but also kind, and Eleanora finds herself drawn to him. There is only one problem: Eleanora has a title, and Ridley does not.

Ridley Ellis has a way with horses. Even the most spirited stallions trust his soft voice and gentle touch. He has the same effect on people, and when he first lays eyes on Eleanora, he is smitten by her beauty. But he quickly discovers it will take more than soft words to gain her trust―Lord Coventry had been cruel to people and animals alike. But the closer he gets to Eleanora, the more he is willing to share his heart, and more importantly, his secret.

In a world where title and privilege mean everything, will Eleanora and Ridley risk it all to find happiness? Or will the shadows of their pasts destroy everything they hope to build together?

©2023 Julie Wright (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Delightful

I loved this book, couldn’t put it down. Great plot and I loved each character. I will recommend this book!

Wonderful story

Yes, book is an excellent read. The characters are believable and show personality, emotion, character growth, and development. The plot is fascinating, and I found myself unable to stop listening to it.

Terrible narrator

The narrator has a monotone and robotic voice which makes the story incredibly difficult to listen to, and is so off putting it made me dislike the characters immediately. I struggled through because I realize this was not what the author intended, but sadly I fell like the poor narration sabotaged the story.

🫤 I’m uu

I feel like this story had a lot of potential, but it just fell short for me. I’ll admit that it was partially the reader. She made some of the dialogue between the main characters feel kind of robotic, for lack of a better word. But besides that, there were a lot of 6inconsistencies throughout the story, and it alternated between dragging out and being rushed. Also, I didn’t sense a whole lot of chemistry between the two characters.

I probably wouldn’t have even finished this one, but I paid full price for it, so I was determined to see it through to the end.