The Folly

The Daughters of Mannerling, Book 4

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

In the fourth installment of the Daughters of Mannerling series, beautiful Rachel must choose which she wants more - true love or the Mannerling mansion.

The haughty Beverley family is obsessed with regaining Mannerling, the exquisite seventeenth-century mansion gambled away by their now-deceased father, Sir Beverley. Three of the six Beverley daughters, including Rachel's twin, have failed to win back their ancestral estate - settling for love matches over Mannerling's heirs. Now it is Rachel's turn to woo the latest eligible bachelor-in-residence, handsome widower Charles Blackwood. But her plan to win the autocratic Charles almost comes to naught: At their first meeting, Rachel forgets herself and admonishes Charles for neglecting his two small children. The antics of young Beth and Mark Blackwood successfully throw Charles and Rachel together, but does Rachel love Charles for himself or for Mannerling?

©2011 M. C. Beaton (P)2013 AudioGO

Writer good narrator awful

I am enjoying the stories of the Beverly sisters, but can’t believe how terrible the narrator is. Dore does so much regency and I’ve had to listen to her mangle and chop this whole series now. :/