Seeking Persephone

By: Sarah M. Eden

Narrated by: Aubrey Warner

When Persephone Lancaster receives a marriage proposal from the ill-tempered Duke of Kielder, she refuses - and then reconsiders. The obscene sum of money he's offering Persephone would save her family from ruin. With her characteristic optimism, she travels to the far reaches of Northumberland to wed a greatly feared stranger.

Lodged deep in a thick forest infested with wild dogs, the Duke's castle is as cold and forbidding as the Duke himself, a man with terrible scars on his body and his soul. But the Duke's steely determination to protect his heart at all costs is challenged by his growing attachment to his lovely and gentle bride. With caring persistence, Persephone attempts to pierce the Duke's armor and reach the man beneath. Yet, he cannot tolerate such exposure, and his repeated rejections take their toll. But when grave danger arises, the Duke realizes he must face the risk of revealing his true feelings or lose the woman he cannot live without.

©2011 Covenant Communications, Inc. (P)2011 Sarah M. Eden

<3 Adam

WHAT IT'S ABOUT
When Persephone Lancaster receives a marriage proposal from the ill-tempered Duke of Kielder, she refuses - and then reconsiders. The obscene sum of money he's offering Persephone would save her family from ruin. With her characteristic optimism, she travels to the far reaches of Northumberland to wed a greatly feared stranger.

Lodged deep in a thick forest infested with wild dogs, the Duke's castle is as cold and forbidding as the Duke himself, a man with terrible scars on his body and his soul. But the Duke's steely determination to protect his heart at all costs is challenged by his growing attachment to his lovely and gentle bride. With caring persistence, Persephone attempts to pierce the Duke's armor and reach the man beneath. Yet, he cannot tolerate such exposure, and his repeated rejections take their toll. But when grave danger arises, the Duke realizes he must face the risk of revealing his true feelings or lose the woman he cannot live without.

MY TAKE
I <3 Adam so much. The Duke is so deep, and there's so much more to him than his crusty surface shows. I love how this story unfolds, with both Adam and Persephone slowly discovering each other, especially with her approach to being friends. I was excited to find it in audiobook--at last--and jumped at the chance to read the story again. The narrator did a decent job with the accents and kept the accents for when people were actually speaking.

Not my fav narrator

Turn the reading speed to 0.8x and you can understand the narrator and enjoy the book. I loved the story, Sarah Eden is a fantastic writer and I love seeing both sides of the story. Even if you do want to shake each person at times!

Where is the fire?

Aubrey read the story WAY TOO FAST. Don’t know what her hurry was. Voice changes for character changes were good other wise don’t know if I could have kept up.

Enjoyable

I like every thing Even writes. Sweet stories. Gentle heroines. Worth the credit. Clean romance

mind readers

Apparently everyone in this novel is expected to be a mind reader. Not once is Persephone informed of any of Adams inner monologue either directly or indirectly. for example he could have told his buddy about thinking she was too pretty, who then could have informed Persephone. or perhaps Mr Jones could have told her that that was why he was fired. Perhaps Adam could have informed her if his nightmare at some point and that was why he "called her" ridiculous. But no. Persephone is never in formed but has to guess at all of his feelings and thoughts. What a terrible love interest for young women to aspire to. A man with no communication skills with his family, friends, or wife. At least in beauty and the beast there were kind candle sticks and clocks to let her know that she was welcome and eagerly loved. Persephone is just plopped down in an actually hellish relationship with no clue about his inner workings and no one to help her understand him or their home. Also did Adam forget that the point of getting a wife was to produce an heir? So why was he pushing her away without sealing the deal? plot hole after plot hole. But it was easy to read and fun, I just wouldn't give this one to my daughter.