A Gypsy's Christmas Kiss

Scandal Meets Love (Connected by a Kiss, Book 6)

By: Dawn Brower

Narrated by: Megan Green

Lulia Vasile is a gypsy and proud of it. She's a master fencer and skilled at fortune-telling. She grew up playing roles in a traveling theater and performing at county fairs. Her life changed when she became friends with an earl's daughter and became involved in an exclusive ladies-only gaming den. She's successful but misses her family. She travels to their last known location to spend Christmastide with them. While there, she must decide what she wants for her future.

Finley Prescott, the duke of Clare, doesn't leave his estate unless it's necessary. His injuries at Waterloo have left him bitter, and he never expected to inherit the dukedom. That was supposed to be his brother's duty. Now, he has responsibilities and people who depend on him when all he wants is to disappear from the world. For him, all hope is gone, and he's not the hero England believes him to be.

After a chance meeting and a magical kiss, Lulia and Finley discover that sometimes, the one thing a person needs is the last thing they expect.

©2018 Dawn Brower (P)2018 Dawn Brower

English Gypsy Romance

This is the first book I listened to in this series, so all the characters were brand new to me. I thought the story was a little underdeveloped. Things moved quicker than I would have expected for the time period. They just met and suddenly Lulia was trying to figure out their relationship and desperate to see him again.
I also wasn't fond of the accent the narrator used for Lulia. She brought a strange lilt to the story that was difficult to follow.
I received this free copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Quick Happily ever after

This is a happily ever after book, but parts of it seemed cheesy. And I didn’t really like Lulia’s condescension towards the Ton that she was trying to be a part of. Definitely a “love at first sight” short story, so not a lot of character development, but it made me want to read another of her more-developed books, so that’s a win. Overall, it was a cute listen.

Narrator did a great job with her different voices. It was easy to keep track of who was talking. Love the exotic flair she put on Lulia’s voice.

Cute short listen

I prefer more in depth stories but this is a cute quick listen, kind of like a Hallmark movie. The reader did well also.

Second change love.....

I love second chance romances they always get me right in the heart, to have lost and found your true love is a dream of a lifetime. As always this is a short sweet story with wonderful characters and a delightful plot. Lulia is more than she seem, at the time of their first meeting she was a gypsy girl and he was a duke, young and filled with guilty he takes off but he never forgets the gypsy that touched his soul. Neither had forgotten about the other and the dreams that both felt. What follows is a touching story of their love.

The narrator did a really good job, she bring a lot to the audio with her touch of exotic in her voice she really brings the characters to life. Her character voice fit the characters, you always know who was talking, her male and female voice work well, her normal voice is very pleasant to listen to. There are no background noises, no volume changes and no breaks in the audio. I thought she did a great job pulling me in taking me away and giving me an audio I couldn’t put down.

Great PG Regency Romance

Over the holidays we did a lot of driving. I was able to play this book in the car with my kids 16,17,10 and not worry one bit that they would get a sex Ed class ☺️ I love my steamy historical romances but they aren’t appropriate for kids. This one even had my teen boys asking questions about courting. So it was great to have that conversation starter and get them interested in finding a true love in a world that is so fast paced them wanting to not jump straight into the dating scene because of a sweet book brings me joy. My only complaint is the narrator. Was not able to adjust to her reading but that’s a personal preference. #audiobookobsessionsreviewer