The Eccentric Earl

A Bi-Curious Historical Romance

De: Anne Shaw

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

An eccentric Earl hires an actor to help him seduce his wife. My name is Henry, Earl of Freemont and I am an eccentric. My inability to read people’s expressions makes it difficult for me to connect with strangers. When I met Charlotte , I knew she was the woman I wanted to marry. Unlike the other society ladies, she treated me like a man and not as an aberration. I was excited to start my new life with her, but our wedding night proved a disaster. Determined to find a way to make things right between us, I hired Trick, an actor, to help me woo my wife. After the first time Trick kissed me, things became complicated. I still loved Charlotte and desired her like no other. But I desired Trick as well.

Virtual Voice improving! Explicit MFM sex story

The fake accents of so many historical romance narrators having gotten on my last nerve, I turned to Virtual Voice.
It has come a long way and is now tolerable! If you need fewer cringeworthy mispronunciations, infantile lead voices,
and abrasively bad fake accents it is worth a try now.

This title we listened to at near 2x speed and while there are inflection issues, I find that I prefer Virtual Voice to a bad narrator now. After a few minutes it sounds.... neutral and I appreciate the consistency. It does not hold a candle to a GOOD narrator, but especially for titles that don't require a credit (Plus catalog) I think it's great to have such an influx of new choices on Audible.

The story is porn-y: Virgin couple has bad sex and a sex worker sensitively helps them and becomes their "friend."

I would rather have had this be a more equally 3 way relationship rather than a couple hiring a third they are fond of, but having this content on a mainstream platform feels rather progressive as it is so I won't quibble. After a rash of Christian historical romance suggestions this is a relief. Non-neural-normative main character, and a woman buying a vibrator = refreshing within the genre. YMMV.

well scripted

A I mispronounced and wrong words were annoying. It would have been much better with a person with the grasp of the English language.

The narration is obnoxious

The story was naughty and I approve;) But the AI narration makes it so hard to listen to the book! There’s no inflection and is monotone. There are times I had to really focus to be sure which character was supposed to be speaking. I’ll stick to books with humans narrating.

Selected for the title

Was not my kind of romance novel. Would not recommend. It was free so the only thing I lost was time.