After Dark with the Duke

The Palace of Rogues, Book 4

De: Julie Anne Long

Narrado por: Justine Eyre

Sparks fly when a daring diva clashes with an ice-cold war hero in the newest thrilling romance in USA Today best-selling author Julie Anne Long’s Palace of Rogues series.

She arrives in the dead of night, a mob out for blood at her heels: Mariana Wylde, the “Harlot of Haywood Street,” an opera diva brought low by a duel fought for her favors. But the ladies of the Grand Palace on the Thames think they can make a silk purse from scandal: They’ll restore her reputation and share in her triumph...provided they can keep her apart from that other guest.

Coldly brilliant, fiercely honorable, General James Duncan Blackmore, the Duke of Valkirk, is revered, feared, desired...but nobody truly knows him. Until a clash with a fiery, vulnerable beauty who stands for everything he scorns lays him bare. It’s too clear the only cure for consuming desire is conquest, but their only chance at happiness could lead to their destruction.

The legendary duke never dreamed love would be his last battleground. Valkirk would lay down his life for Mariana, but his choice is stark: Risk losing her forever, or do the one thing he vowed he never would...surrender.

©2021 Julie Anne Long (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

Loved It

The narrator almost ruined this one. Luckily I persisted because this ended up being one of my faves. I actually saw why they fell for each other. In some books, you just have to trust the author when the narrative says two characters have a passion for each other. And did I say passion? Good lord!!! He said “I haven’t kissed you yet because I’d ruin you for any other man” might be the cockiest yet sexist line I’ve read in a regency novel. And love love scenes deliver! 🥵

This one is going on heavy rotation in my library.

Just WoW

This story had everything I was looking for, one of the best regency roms I have read 📚 ❤️

Wonderful

This book enthralled me from the first paragraph. The characters were fully developed and delightful. I will listen to this one more than once. The tenderness of the love story is palpable and heartwarming. The HEA ending is perfect. The narrator is flawless in her performance; so much that the listener only hears the characters speaking not a reader.

Loved it!

I’ve loved every book in this series and this one was super fun. The banter between the duke and Mariana had me giggling out loud. And Justine Eyre is such a talented narrator.

Great storyline

Loved this book, funny, wondered if there actually were places such as described….?? Romance always makes a person happy and hopeful!

the best

i so enjoyed this book. toe curling romance and quite steamy . beautifully written and masterfully narrated. JAL and JE always a winning combination.

excellent book but the narration worsens the story

I am generally a huge fan of this narrator, and I absolutely love and adore this author and this entire series. I strongly recommend reading this book instead of listening to it however. The heroine as interpreted by this narrator comes across as snarky, annoying, and rude. I did not like her at all when Iistened to this. As words on a page, however, she is much more sympathetic.

Narrator put a lilt at the end of almost every sentence

The lilt was especially pronounced when she narrated Mariana’s parts. It made her sound frivolous.

Not as good as Book 3

I didn't care for this one. The story was far-fetched to the point of being silly. I do tire of the whole "middle aged man beds 25 year old woman" theme. I didn't see anything in their relationship that caused them to fall madly in love. Yes, the sex scenes were hot, but that does not translate into love. I just didn't like it. Narration was excellent.