Grace

The Shackleford Sisters, Book 1

De: Beverley Watts

Narrado por: Eilidh Beaton, Mark Elstob

In this funny romantic series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn't know what's hit it…

....Reverend Augustus Shackleford's mission in life (aside from ensuring the collection box was suitably full every Sunday) was to secure advantageous marriages for each of his eight daughters. A tall order, given the fact that in the Reverend's opinion they didn't possess a single ladylike bone in the eight bodies they had between them. Quite where he would find a wealthy titled gentleman bottle headed enough to take any of them on remained a mystery and indeed was likely to test even his legendary resourcefulness. ....

Grievously wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar, Nicholas Sinclair was only recently returned to Blackmore after receiving news of his estranged father's unexpected death. After an absence of twenty years, the new Duke was well aware it was his duty to marry and produce an heir as quickly as possible. However, tormented by recurring nightmares after his horrific experiences during the battle, Nicholas had no taste to brave the ton's marriage mart in search of a docile obedient wife. …..

Never in his wildest dreams did Reverend Shackleford envisage receiving an offer for his eldest daughter from the new Duke of Blackmore. Of course, the Reverend was well aware he was fudging it a bit in describing Grace as respectful, meek or dutiful, nevertheless, he could never have imagined that his eldest daughter's unruliness might end up ruining them all….

Perfect for fans of funny, lighthearted Regency Romances with a little bit of steam.

©2020 Beverley Watts (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd

fun book

This is a very entertaining book. it's great for a beach read. looking forward to listening to what the rest of the sisters get into.

Cute easy read

I enjoyed the story and the narrators! I liked having a male and female voice reading. I am about the stat book two!

The male narrator voice is so unserious I couldn’t focus on anything else 🤣

It’s fine good for wasting some time if you’re bored or good on a long drive

I DNF

I am sorry but I couldn’t continue to listen to this and am being charitable with the rating. The story is okay, but tries too hard and feels like a less than stellar Disney attempt. The male narrator makes the characters’ voices sound like they are in a Punch and Judy puppet show, especially the female voices and the female narrator is only marginally better. Not for me.

Just okay

The storyline was a bit superficial, but not terrible. The male narrator was painful to listen to, seriously his voices were so bad. I’m just not sure I can listen to another with him narrating. The female narrator was great.

Abrupt ending

The story ends suddenly and without pulling together all the elements of the story. There were several storylines and themes left hanging and a very unrealistic reunion / resolution of the main characters

Grace -review

I enjoyed the book. Although it was short but good and typical of the period.

Fun story!

This story really kept my interest. Great start to this series. I’m anxious to listen to the rest of the series.

unrealistic Voices

The storyline was simple, however, the voices for the side characters were so unrealistic it was difficult to finish the book.

Beautiful Story

What a beautiful well written story. Sadly I almost had to stop listening because of the male performance. He spoke so quickly and his voice changes were terrible, especially the father’s. I even tried to adjust the speed to see if that would help, but it made it worse. I look forward to the rest of the series but may have to read them instead of listen.