Unclaimed

A nice love story about how love redeems you, changes you and ultimately conquers any obstacle. It slowly develops a relationship out of friendship and the sexual tension was Amazing! For being a courtesan story it was quite vanilla! I enjoyed the story a lot specially the conclusion.

Narration: I feel that the only problem in this story was the narrator. Polly Lee sounded too old, on the verge of crying several times and her male characters sounded badly. I will avoid books narrated by her in the future.

This was my first Courtney Milan novel, and I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. I like historical romances, but I just didn't know what to expect from this author. Like all genres, there's a mixture of offerings out there. And all are not to my liking. But this story was believable, romantic without scenes that make me roll my eyes while I think "As if," and sexual, though not erotic--meaning the, maybe, 2.5 or 3 complete sex scenes were very tamed. Though, I should add, I have no problem with samplings from the erotic genre as well. I don't want to leave the wrong impression. Continuing, some of the sex scenes were alluded to without giving the full picture, but it didn't detract from the story at all, but added to it appropriately. I absolutely loved the heroes full support of the heroine and how she came into her own. I loved the view of women in relation to men's sexuality and women not being too blame. As a result of this book, I'm going to read Ash's story. And I look forward to the other brother's story too. I actually wanted that one first, but it's not available. So I wait with baited breath! This book is well worth the expense IMO.

Haven't read the print version.

Regency romance junkies give Courtney Milan high marks; for good reason! As with Unveiled, multi-layered story, fresh storytelling, nothing predictable. Nice balance of light humor and seductive moments.

The fact that it is Rebecca De Leeuw narrating and NOT Polly Lee is likely why this was an enjoyable listen. De Leeuw knows how to read a historical romance with the right timing and intonation.

when a book makes me cry, I know it was a GREAT story, I cried and it felt wonderful and it's a great romance story. good job

Jessica- I can relate to her to some point. To fight and make it- and at the end to find love and someone to love you JUST THE WAY we are.

I think it's the narrator she did a great job. very emotional and could tell the differance in all the characters

Yes, even took it to bed, and then in the morning went back and relistened to it again.

WONDERFUL preformance

This second novel of the series did not meet up to my expectation. I couldn't connect with the characters. Mainly the heroine ! She was unlikable ! The hero as well was not that exciting ! I didn't enjoy this novel as I did the first one in the series. Yet Courtney's style in writing is elegant and artistic. But the dialoge was not as good as her previous work.
But I am looking forward for the third brother's book. He was introduced in the first two books and he sounds really exciting . Can't wait :)

The 2nd in a the Turners Brothers trilogy, this story about Sir Mark Turner, famous author and proponent of male chastity is an exciting, romantic story. Polly Lee is a great narrator -- her performance kept me hanging on, dying to know what was going to happen next. Jessica, the "fallen woman" who captures Mark's attention and his heart, was an interesting and, at times, frustrating heroine, but Courtney Milan's story about love, sex, and the value that society puts on men and women was timely and fun. A definite 5 star selection!

I'm sorry I wasted my money. I liked the first book in the series but this one just didn't have my interest right from the start and it went downhill from there. My advice is to pass on this book. I wish I had. Two thumbs down.

I like the narrator and I like the characters. I thought the story was a bit unrealistic, but it didn't bother me. This is fiction after all.

The only thing I didn't like about the book was Jessica's constant wavering and self-doubt. It was just too much, too often. She lost it a couple of times with Mark which was fine, it was the last time that she lost it after receiving the letter from her former protector that was too much for me.

I thought there was at least one contradiction in the ending. Mark said that his sister-in-law Margaret was going to give Jessica a "season", but that never happened and wasn't ever really the plan. Other than that and the item previously mentioned, I liked the ending.

I gave this book three stars because I thought that the addition of the MCB was unrealistic. Mark has a great story and he has very valid and completely understandable reasons for being chaste. His reasoning and how he explained his reasoning made me LOVE Mark. I like that he ended up with a fallen woman; however, I thought she chewed Mark out one too many times and too furiously the last time for my taste. She had already broken his heart and even Mark voiced concerns that her self doubts would be re-occurring in the future. This was never really addressed in my opinion.

Pride, Honesty and Love

He that is free of sin... throw the first stone...

Yes, very much, rhythm, sound, clarity and emphasis.

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