Loving Lieutenant Lancaster

De: Sarah M. Eden

Narrado por: Aubrey Warner

Orphaned as a child, Arabella Hampton was the unwanted and unloved charge of a cruel aunt and neglectful uncle. The only light in her young life was the kindness of the Jonquil family, and she clung to the childish dream of someday living with them at Lampton Park. Now, years later, that opportunity is presented to Arabella in a most unexpected way: She is to be the lady’s companion to the dowager countess. As she takes up residence at the estate, the young woman soon finds that life at the Park is far more complicated than she imagined. The lines of her position are blurred, and she is neither family nor servant. So when the countess plans a grand house party, Arabella is content to hide in the shadows. But one gentleman sees her there.

Lieutenant Linus Lancaster has retired from the navy and is not looking for love, especially when he finds himself entangled in his sisters’ scheme to trap him into finding a wife at a house party at Lampton Park. Yet amid the festivities, he’s impossibly drawn to the dowager’s quiet companion, Arabella. Their regard for each other is undeniable, but they are haunted by their pasts. Can the two find a way to bridge their worlds?

©2018 Covenant Communications, Inc. (P)2018 Sarah M. Eden

Beautiful narration, slow story

What a beautiful voice and performance. I loved this narrator. The story was nice but not as compelling as other Eden books. The characters were very slow moving and unsure of feelings, the back and forth got annoying. I appreciated the portrayal of loss and the role of grief, but it seemed overdone at time. I enjoyed the main characters.

A bit too sappy

Of course, the sappiness was a combination of the narrator and book. For the book, the female main character’s endless missing so deeply and tragically of a father figure who was not her actual father seemed a bit over the top, tough situation at home or not...Miss Eden still had her trademark good humour. The narrator- at first I wondered if I should speed it up because she was soooo slooooow and excessively tender during sad moments of pondering etc...and had too many long pauses. However I got used to the slow stop and go after awhile and mostly enjoyed the book. Not a lot of plot though....

Loved this book!

I enjoyed this book very much! I really like how the author made sure the romance was in place before finalizing the book:

Distracting background

Cute story, I do like the narrator but good grief I could hear a vacuum going twice during the story and it was sooo distracting! Also heard an airplane…wouldn’t it be a good idea to do this in a soundproof room. It was really hard to stay engaged with that going on.

I love the Lancaster family but…

I love Linus also but this story is WAY too long. Could have been good if it were shorter.