The Reluctant Duke

Love's Pride, Book 1

De: G.L. Snodgrass

Narrado por: Johanna Oosterwyk

The last thing wounded veteran Major Thomas Marshal wanted was a title. It wasn't supposed to happen. But duty has a way of pulling a man into things he doesn't want and away from the things he needs.

The only thing Miss Guinevere Harding needs is a safe place to hide. A job as the downstairs maid at Brookshire is the perfect refuge from a frightening past. Or, at least it was until the arrival of the new duke.

Heat and passion pull Thomas and Gwen together, even as society and duty fight to keep them apart. She won't become his mistress and can't become his wife.

Thomas is determined otherwise, even if it costs him everything.

©2015 G.L. Snodgrass (P)2015 G.L. Snodgrass

#1of4. Whole Regency Romancy ~ G. Heyer

#1of4. Whole Regency Romancy ~ G. Heyer
#1 of 4 part series, but a complete story. Audiobook narration is very good, with lots of pitch, rate and vocal variation, thus avoiding the dread sing-songy pattern of some narrators. Appropriately British. Functions as a stand alone, could read in any order, but 1->4 is best.

Story:
Major Thomas Marshal, still injured from war, ends up a peer with a beautiful young housekeeper, Miss Guinevere Harding, who speaks to well and exhibits too much education to have been a house maid/servant for long.

Note to author:
This a bit more snarky humor you can enjoy the popularity of J. Quinn or T. Dare or add more bigger issue sentimal angst and join M. Balogh. A bit more historic political detail and visual description would enrich your books for me.Love your book. Please keep writing.

Amateurish

While the story was interesting it was if it was written as a college essay. The character develop was weak. But I did want to hear the outcome of the story. The worst was the narration. The narrator’s accent was more American than English. Also you could hear her swallowing and breathing during the reading. I will avoid anything narrated by Oosterwyk I n the future.

Loved it!

I absolutely loved every minute of this audio book! I couldn’t put it down! The story, back story, and characters were amazing. The narrator was a perfect fit for this book!

very entertaining!

Great story line. Well written!
I'll be looking for more books by this author. Thank you.

Like listening to a foreign film dubbed with English

While the story may have been decent, the performance reminded me of that awkward expression that you get when actors dub foreign films into English. You know how the expressions seem a little bit off? I also found the accents very confusing. All of this was just too much to keep me listening beyond about halfway.