A Duke's Decision

The Duke's Club, Book 4

By: G.L. Snodgrass

Narrated by: N Ormerod

Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

Two people from different worlds. A Duke’s son and a sergeant’s daughter. A wounded warrior and an innocent girl.

Wounded, angry, and haunted, Major Duncan Greenville returned from war only to discover his young ward had grown into a beautiful woman. A fact that would make him question society’s custom of placing a man’s ward off limits. Especially the daughter of the man who saved his life.

Miss Emily Winslow had loved the dashing Major since the moment he rescued her from that vile orphanage and the dangers of the factory floor. A British Lord, tall, handsome, and a war hero. What woman wouldn’t fall in love? Unfortunately, the man would always see her as the little girl he had left behind. A sergeant’s daughter, unfit for a Duke’s son.

©2019 G.L. Snodgrass (P)2020 G.L. Snodgrass

good book BAD AUDIBLE SERIES PROBLEMS

This is a 4.5 star book, a 3 star narrator presentation and a 1 star for Audible's mismanagement of this 2020 series.

I own book 1 Duke's Desire, and it was on my Audiblr list. Then it disappeared. Now Amazon lists the audiobook as unavailable. So I had to away to access it as a Kindle book.

Book 2 has has similar problems as it disappeared after syncing to the Audible app.

Books 3 and 4 of Duke's Club series have audio quality that varies through a book. It sound like the narrator changes locations (back echo) or equipment. There are hundreds of spots where words or phrases repeat, like an old LP skipping and bouncing on the record. I love the vocal timber of the narrator, but authors that use her need to use intense oversight. For example: orientated DOES NOT mean oriented. Orientate is the past tense of orient or the far East. She makes r this error in each book. Also, I understand putting a teaser chapter at the end of the book. Buy if you do this it MUST be introduced with book title, series name and placement # and an invitation. If you just stick random chapters at the end of the book the author, publisher and narrator are acting disrespectful to their customers and look very unprofessional. Consumers will be cautious to buy in the future is you can't treat readers/listeners better.

The stories are good and deserve audiobook treatments with higher standards. I appreciate the inclusion of a tiny bit more history that this series offers, compared to so many historic romance series.

The for heros of the four book's formed the Duke's Club while at school. Now grown they are becoming the Dukes' Club, with a meaningful move of the punctuation mark. That construct, 4 peers bonded by boarding school injustice, seems very familiar, perhaps from a Victoria Alexander 2017 series?

New Narrator? Definitely an Adult read

So, not the best story by this author, infact it felt very much like a new narrator reading one of her other books. When I went back and tried to figure out which book this one felt like a repeat of, after some review, I decided it was the same book I had listened to a few months ago but with a different narrator. Honestly, I think the narration probably bothered me the most, it was slow and a bit robotic at times in a thick Scottish/Irish accent. It is better if you play it at 1.25 speed. The story is good and has a nice plot to it. As with other books by this author the bedroom door stays wide open and is definitely an adult read (rated R to X depending on the director). —I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

An interesting period romance

A Duke’s Decision is a period romance about an injured captain and his ward, the daughter of one of his soldiers. It is an interesting story. It also inspired me to learn more about malaria, and the book seems fairly accurate on the subject.

Contains a graphic sex scene. Recommended for mature readers.

The narrator has a pleasant voice, and she does a nice job with the book.

I received a complimentary copy of this audiobook. This is my honest and voluntary review.