With This Ring

This book isn't your ordinary handsome rogue meets lady blah blah, they have a few problems then live happily ever after. No, this has a good plot that will keep you guessing right til the end. Good narrator too.

I've heard better Amanda Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz) books but I like her work so will continue to download anything available.

This was my first time reading a book by Amanda Quick and was very enjoyable. Romance, murder and intrigue woven together into an interesting plot beautifully read by the spectacular Barbara Rosenblat who has an amazing voice. Her range of accents and tones has to be listened to to be believed. She reads the male voices so wonderfully that if I didn't know better I'd swear I was actually listening to a male reader and, in this book, her cockney 'ladies maid' pretending to be French had me in giggles. Highly recommended!

I couldn't stop thinking of the Amelia Peabody series that Barbara Rosenblat also narrates most often. This didn't take away from the excellent narration and delightful story. Beatrice is my favorite kind of woman. Strong minded and strong willed but appreciative of a strong man who can balance her and keep her safe.

I really liked the scene where Beatrice forces her way into the Earl of Montecrest's home. Her man handling of the butler was simply delightful.

I enjoyed the book so much that the next one is queued up in my listening list.

This was my first Arcane society story and I kept thinking so where is the underlying story of this society. Apparently it was down played in this story.

Also, the narrator's voice sounds a little older than I really think Beatrice and Leo at 24 and 40 should have sounded. It's a picky comment and certainly didn't ruin the book but it might bother some listeners. The narrator does a great job of keeping the character's dialog distinct so you know who is speaking and with great delivery. It makes up for this inconsistency.

This is typical Amanda Quick quality but the narrator kept putting me to sleep so I had to keep going back and re-listening to the parts I slept through. For that reason I had to give it a lower review.

If you have read one, you have read them all. But if you like them, this is a good one. At first I wasn't sure that I liked Barbara Rosenblat reading, but I got use to her and enjoyed the story, rating sould be 3.5. The mystery is very obvious but fun. It always cracks me up that Amanda/Jayne has a lot of her characters be novelist in her stories. Overall a fun and quick getaway.

Since Barbara Rosenblat, one of my favorite narrators was narrating the book, Leo and Beatrice reminded me of Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe Emerson (Crocodile on the Sandbank, etc.).

I really enjoy listening to this book and getting a good chuckle of how Leo and Beatrice interacted with each other. It is also one of my favorite books by Amanda Quick.

This story has it all, murder, mystery and a horrid novelist. It's a wonderful read with just the right amount of historical detail to give it place, without overwhelming the quick moving plot. Barbara Rosenblat does an excellent job reading the book. I lost myself listening to her characters' voices.

Amanda Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz and Jayne Castle) has a deft hand at historical romance. She manages to write a story that features a romantic entanglement but includes lots of other interesting plot elements. I enjoyed it tremendously.