Deceived by a Duke

An All's Fair in Love Novella

By: Erin Knightley

Narrated by: Natasha Soudek

Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

As the niece of an earl, Elizabeth Abbington knows all about the stifling expectations and responsibilities placed upon peers of the realm. She has no desire to marry into that kind of life. Instead she dreams of traveling abroad, where she can put her talent for languages to good use. When her dear friend invites her on a trip to Spain, Libby jumps at the chance to begin her adventure.

After his younger brother loses a small fortune on the turn of a card, Philip Dain, Duke of Gillingham, decides an intervention is in order. Determined to keep Nigel from falling into the lifestyle that ultimately destroyed their father, Philip offers a deal: If his brother can live in anonymity for a month with him in Spain, Philip will pay his debts outright. By stripping them of the privileged status they've always known and the negative influence of Nigel's friends, Philip hopes, the trip will help turn his brother around.

What Philip doesn't expect is how much he will relish the freedom of shedding his title, if only for a while. When his lack of understanding of the language becomes an issue, Libby comes to his aid. As she falls into the role of their informal interpreter, Libby sees the real him, which makes the growing attraction between them all the more heady. But as love blossoms under the Spanish sun, so, too, does his uncertainty of what will happen when she discovers she's been...Deceived by a Duke.

©2014 Erin Knightley (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Good story. Ghastly reader.

I could not continue. The reading was painful to listen to. Mispronounced English, pseudo and inept attempts at accents and uneducated delivery.
Otherwise it was a standard story from this author. .. Mildly entertaining.

A sweet clean romance.

A very lovely & sweet romance. A wonderful storyline with likable characters. I look forward to more stories by this author.

Darn

I liked a previous one from this author quite a bit but can’t deal with this narrator’s slow drawl, American, chic-lit narration. I couldn’t finish one before this from the same narrator but thought I’d give her another chance. She changes it up during dialog, but the narrative parts sound too modern to me and is my least favorite style no matter what genre. Others may find her just fine, so give it a try; this author usually has unique story lines and good dialogue.

Narrator is AWFUL!

The narration is slow and drawn out well beyond normal patterns of speech. It was difficult tp sit through the story because of the narrator's plodding effort. This greatly detracted from the story.

Very G Rated

The book was very G rated. Kissing was written about as of it was a much anticipated carnal sin

Meh

I ended up skipping parts of it. I didn’t feel as though I’d missed anything.

Good story but too short

I throughly enjoyed this story but wish that it had been longer and had more detail. I would recommend this story if you ever would like a quick love story, but if you’re hoping for a longer more in-depth love story this not the book for you.

Cute novella for a quick listen

Characters are like able. Could have used a bit more steam but it didn’t really fit so what can you do. Very predictable but super easy to listen while taking a walk or cleaning house. Again, would not spend credit on a book that barely lasts a couple hours. Narrator spoke so slowly had to run it on 2x.

Listen at 1.3

This is a good story but the narrator made it quite tedious! Listen at 1.3 to alleviate that problem.

Not bad

Not bad. Short, nice story. A bit dull at times. Clean read. Ten chapters no kiss until chapter nine. Which is nice for a change.