Wagering on Christmas

De: Sandra Sookoo

Narrado por: Megan Green

Sometimes love needs a few wagers to stick the second time around.

Pleasure is his only pursuit....

Colin Rowley, Viscount Hartsford, has been given an offer too good to ignore: If he comes home to Lancaster Hall and his family by Christmas morning, he’ll win a coveted racehorse as well as an estate. Trouble is, recollections attached to his ducal father’s castle leave him haunted, especially those regarding the first girl he’s ever loved, the one who rejected him.

Faced with reduced circumstances...

Widow Lucy Ashbrook is leaving London for the last time. Now that her husband’s savings have dried up, she can no longer afford her lifestyle, so after she attends the Christmas house party at Lancaster Hall - the site of so many delicious memories - she’ll return to her parents on the neighboring property. Too bad the man who first won her heart, and who accompanies her on the journey to Derbyshire, hasn’t changed his selfish ways.

The magic of the holiday season...

When a series of mysterious events continually throw Colin and Lucy together, they can’t help but revisit the past, and rediscover the joy made during those long-ago winters. Happiness will elude them both unless they find the Yuletide wonder and give themselves over to a love that has waited...with the help of a few secret Christmas wagers working behind the scenes.

©2019 Sandra Sookoo (P)2019 Sandra Sookoo

Great Christmas HEA

Lovely second chance Christmas love story. Megan Green did a great job bringing the characters to life. First loves Colin and Lucy finally find their way back to each other

Love it

A wonderful romance I thoroughly enjoyed.
Very well narrated I’ll definitely check out more from this author.

Poor Colin

The audiobook is not too long and is a stand-alone, so those are both pluses. I usually listen at 1.25x, and this one sounded fine that way.

Unfortunately, Colin was told by the woman he loved that he wasn’t good enough for her and spent 17 years believing it. She went on to marry his best friend instead, compounding the betrayal.

Running into her, now a widow, on the way home to his family for Christmas, Colin continues to suffer from her doubts and barbs through the journey, but somehow that all transforms into a second chance for Colin and Lucy. I would have dumped her along the way.

Lucy ia a know it all who knew nothing

I never liked Lucy's character. She was too judgemental towards Colin and abrasive and shrewish. Colin wanted time to provide a good life for Lucy. but she was too impatient for the right now and married Colin's bff. NO!!! Lucy constantly thought the worst of Colin. In the end. Colin was too generous and caring for harpy Lucy. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this story and am giving an honest review. The narrator did a good job.

Second chance

It was not my usual story i listen to but it was ok, I have a hard time with some second chances , depends on the why and what ...
Im new to this author
I was given this for an honest review

very good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

Touching story

This story surprised me in that it ended up being much deeper and more moving than many of the typical Christmas Regency romances, where often there are rather contrived obstacles to the HEA, or too much dithering on the part of the H and h. But this story, even though not long, had more depth to the characters, and some actual great revelations, especially on the part of the heroine, that made it a quite moving story of second chances, I was very pleased with Megan Green's narration- she has a unique enunciation that I found quite pleasing.

Wagering on Christmas

A cute historical Christmas story that give love a second chance after so much pain and loss. Always Love seeing a happy ending.

Characters without charisma or witty dialogue

I generally love Regency romances, but this one fell flat for me. It is a 5.5-hour-long second-chance Regency romance set during the Christmas season. The third person perspective alternates between the two primary characters, Lucy and Collin. When she was 18 and he was 21, their relationship failed at Christmas. Now, 17 years later, after each of their first spouses have died, they get accidentally reunited during the holidays. Can the heartache from the past be transformed into new love?

This audiobook did have several good things going for it. First, the plot was realistic enough for a Regency romance, and secrets were properly divulged slowly. The mode of speaking sounded historically authentic, and the cultural details seemed well researched. The author really tried to infuse the magic of Christmas into the story. There were lots of quaint Christmas traditions. In addition, the narrator Megan Green did a pretty good job. She has a pleasant tone of voice and lovely English accent. She differentiated the various character voices well. I noticed only one mispronounced word (“emulate”), so the narrator is accomplished in Regency-era vocabulary.

However, a few parts of the audiobook did not meet my hopeful expectations for a charming Regency romance. First, the dull characters could not keep my interest. Lucy and Collin had no charisma and no witty nor funny dialogue. I certainly didn’t laugh during the story. I really tried to like this story, but I struggled to finish it. I really couldn’t care less if Lucy and Collin finally got together or not. I suppose that I just don’t like this new-to-me author's writing style, but other people will probably like it.

I requested and received a free Audible audiocode from #AudiobookObsession, and I voluntarily wrote this honest review.
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3.5 Stars for the story

This was my first book to read/listen to by Sandra Sookoo. I enjoyed the story. I don't often read Regency, but enjoy the change when I do so. This was spicy, sweet read with a great second chance romance. Colin's daughter seemed older than her age and it's too bad we didn't get to know Lucy's children better. This was more romance than Christmas. Sweet HEA!!

Megan Green was a good narrator. She performed well!

I received this audiobook as a Obsession Audiobook Reviewer.