Temptation and Surrender

De: Stephanie Laurens

Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor

Stephanie Laurens continues her bestselling Cynster series with Temptation and Surrender, the story of Jonas Tallent, brother-in-law of Lucifer Cynster, who leaves the ballrooms of London to manage his family’s estate, and his romance with lady innkeeper Emily Beauregard.©2009 Savdek Management Proprietory Ltd.; (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

Better than others

I'm a fan of the Cynster Series. I much prefer this 1 for only 1 reason; the female orator makes the love scenes sound more romantic than scandalous.

Really good addition to the series, solid stand al

A powerful author and good narrator make for great listening experiences, well done to both as this is yet another lovely read, strong characters and interwoven sub-plots with a couple of sneaky twists.
Will read again.

So, So.

Story was good, but not all that exciting.

Very relaxing read

In hindsight I really did enjoy the book and although all good love stories have their share of love scene's I got the impression the author was trying to give lessons! The scene in the middle of the book was soooo long and drawn out, I actually caught myself concentrating on something else completely- I actually forgot to listen!!

Other than that it was most entertaining and if I were to listen to it again I would fast forward the excessive scenes.

Lacks the spark !

This was my first novel for Stephanie and I was disappointed !
The story was flat. The characters were not engaginging . It was way to long . It just lacked the passion ! The narrator was excellent though as usual but she had little to work with . I do not recommend this book

Jonas meets Colyton of Colyton

Date: 1825 October

Chronology: set after The Ideal Bride; before Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue.

Jonas Tallent is Phyllida’s twin and brother-in-law to Lucifer aka Alasdair Cynster. Jonas is managing The Grange and business interests in Colyton while his father is helping a widowed aunt.
Emily Ann Beauregard Colyton talks Jonas into hiring her as manager of Colyton’s Red Bells Inn. Along with her 4 siblings, Emily has moved to Colyton to escape an Uncle who has used them as free labor until she turned 25 and could assume guardianship. The town of Colyton was named after her family and there is a Colyton Treasure that they hope to find to improve their circumstances. Of course there is someone trying to steal the treasure out from under them, but this is offset by Em’s romance with Jonas, and Isobel’s with Mr Filing, the Curate.
I like the main characters, the basic storyline and the visit with Colyton’s inhabitants (see All About Love). The details of Jonas’ romance with Em didn’t work for me as it was fraught. I was also annoyed there was little proactive action taken to immediately protect and process the Colyton Treasure as there would have been with early Cynster books.

I’m not wild about Landor’s narration. At all. Her male voices took away from the narration. If she didn’t speak so softly, I couldn’t handle the higher register of her voice.

I want my Simon Prebble...

I agree that sometimes Simon Prebble can make love scenes sound like sporting events with his intensity and speed, but they are way more fun to listen to then Ms. Landor. She’s also terrible at doing men’s voices. I’m committed to going through the series without skipping any books, and I’m not sorry that I invested in this one. Her character development is fun and I don’t mind that it slows down the plot a little bit.

just too long for the content

Another Cynster spinoff. Which wouldn't be too bad except for the length of the book and the contrived feeling I got about the erotica

stephanie laurens always rates a 5 but ...

Would you consider the audio edition of Temptation and Surrender to be better than the print version?

I do not read what I listen to... just doesn't interest me to.

What other book might you compare Temptation and Surrender to and why?

I guess it fits right in with all the extentions of the cynster novels. I didn't read the first one of the talent siblings.... BUT, for some reason this one seemed to drag and it is the only one of over 20 Stephanie Laurens books I have felt that way about. Still a good book though.

What does Roz Landor bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I prefer Simon Prebble... but its like your eyes adjusting to a change in lighting I eventually got used to it.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was utterly neutral on this one! Something about it was.... just not as engaging as most.

Any additional comments?

I would still recommend this book! I think it may have just been me since I just can't accept that any of her books don't measure up.

Excellent storyline

Great main characters, good supporting community , and a couple of villians. a perfect blend