Seven Dukes of Sin, Books 1-3

De: Mariah Stone

Narrado por: Shane East, Justine Eyre

Three dukes. Three deadly sins. Three dangerous games of power, temptation, and love.

Three commanding Dukes with dark pasts and the fierce ladies who bring them to their knees wait in this brand-new collection of the first three audiobooks in the Seven Dukes of Sin series:

1. Duke of Rath (Beauty and the Beast meets Marriage of Convenience)

Tormented by guilt and rage, Dorian, the Duke of Rath, agrees to a marriage of convenience—with the sister of the man whose death weighs on his soul. He vows never to touch her. But Patience Rose is stubborn, brilliant, and utterly irresistible. Each act of defiance chips away at his iron control... until she uncovers the dark secret that could destroy them both.

2. Duke of Luhst (Brother's Best Friend Romance)

Lucien Wrenn, London's most notorious Duke, can seduce any woman—except Lady Chastity, his best friend's sister. When a scandalous wager ignites a dangerous game of seduction, he watches helplessly as she transforms into a woman who drives him to madness. But giving in to temptation means losing everything he holds dear...

3. Duke of Pryde (Grumpy Duke meets Sunshine Archaeologist)

A cold-hearted Duke. A headstrong bluestocking. A marriage of necessity that changes everything. When blackmail threatens his impeccable reputation, the Duke of Pryde has no choice but to marry Miss Modesty Fairchild—a woman who despises his very existence. But each heated argument and unexpected smile brings him dangerously close to a truth he's desperate to deny...

Note: This box set includes over 30+ hours of heart-pounding romance! Each audiobook in this collection is a complete standalone story in this interconnected series, and can be enjoyed in any order.

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Mediocre stories, one better than the others though

Story 1. About 10 chapters too long. It became extremely tedious going back/forth with the same thing over and over without really moving story forward..."if only he could be the man who deserved her.. " blah blah blah rage, then have sex (rinse & repeat)

Story 2. This might be the worst in that the Hero is a coward & serious sex addict (beyond normal rake revelry) whose character is such that no reader can possibly believe he'll remain faithful, even if he's "in love." If he loved her since childhood & yet still f*** her governess... well, even basic respect just isn't there. And she is a pathetic ninny who spends the entire story saying how unbeautiful & pathetic she is. What? She is too worm-like bipolar when randomly she says "I'm so smart." blah blah blah back and forth in her head. Plus, the author fails to explore further or leverage at all the heroine's relationship with the unlicensed doctor she works with...or what it means with the building hero gifts her to get her away from that neighborhood. It just disappears from the story altogether.

Story 3. Good suspense over who the villain is, and the reader feels the frustration of the evil villain toying with the H/h. Out of the three, this one is the BEST, but it suffers a similar problem within this series. The author has tried to be too clever & overly intellectual, and it gets in the way of honest characters & tight plot movement. All that despite tons of metaphors trying to tie them all together: art & history & music & constellation & literary & science references get peppered in; but not always naturally for the actual stories - only to force & explain the preset theme for the series. Alot.

I get her ambitious endeavor & respect it & love clever; but it becomes a little too on-the-nose in the story. The subtleties get lost or hammered over and over with crude instruments that force characters awkwardly into preset molds. Most obvious is that all of the dukes are named after sins and all of their women are named after their corresponding virtue "fix." Less obvious are the feminist themes. All in all, I'm not sure this worked well. If I could, I'd give it a 3.5 stars, C+ or B-.

Three enjoyable romance stories

All three heroes have a personality that is disruptive in their lives. The First story is of a Duke with angry issues. The Second story is of a duke with fears of commitment. The third story is of a duke being very proud. All three dukes get their issues, resolved with the help of the women in their lives. Very entertaining with the characters changing their attitudes.  good stories with great narration.