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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Annis Wychwood delights in her independence. Beautiful, rich and far too busy for love, she has turned down the advances of many a hopeful suitor. But when she becomes entangled in the affairs of a runaway heiress, she encounters the girl's guardian, the notorious Oliver Carleton. While Oliver may be a reckless and uncivil rogue, Annis can't help but be drawn towards his wild ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love Heyer, well narrated
- By Anonymous User on 10-02-21
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Black Moth
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4 out of 5 stars 45
Based on a story she had written for her brother and published when she was 19 years old, The Black Moth is set during the Georgian era in the 1750s and follows Lord Jack Carstares, the eldest son of the Earl of Wyncham. Six years ago, Jack took the blame when his younger brother Richard cheated at cards. Jack consequently faced social exile and fled England for the European continent. He has now secretly returned, robbing carriages as a highwayman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is how a Heyer book ought to be read
- By Jenny aka LostInTheStars on 03-04-21
By: Georgette Heyer
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False Colours
- Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Callum Hughes
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
The Honourable Christopher Fancot, on leave from the diplomatic service in the summer of 1817, is startled to find his entrancing but incorrigibly extravagant mother on the brink of financial and social ruin - and more than alarmed to find that his twin, Evelyn, has disappeared without trace. Christopher - Kit - is forced into an outrageous masquerade by the tangled affairs of his wayward family: his rigid uncle, Lord Brumby; the surprisingly wily Sir Bonamy Ripple; the formidable old Lady Stavely and Evelyn's betrothed, Cressy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- By Linda Tremain on 10-18-23
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Reluctant Widow
- Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Daon Broni
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling and dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight, she is a bride, by dawn, a widow.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Story
- By Joni on 01-14-24
By: Georgette Heyer
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These Old Shades
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Alexander Vlahos
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Leonie Bonnard is being drawn into a 12-year-old feud. Justin Alastair, the duke of Avon, is a reprehensible rake with an axe to grind. Decades ago the Comte de Saint-Vire did something unforgivable, and ever since Justin has been lying in wait to settle the score. When Justin meets Leon, a street urchin with a striking resemblance to his nemesis, he aims to use him as a pawn in his plans for revenge on the Comte. Except Leon is in fact Leonie, a beautiful young ingénue who may just steal Justin's heart.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing!
- By L on 05-13-21
By: Georgette Heyer
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A Civil Contract
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton and a hero at Salamanca, returns from the Peninsula War to find his family on the brink of ruin and the broad acres of his ancestral home mortgaged to the hilt. It is Lord Oversley, father of Adam's first love, who tactfully introduces him to Mr Jonathan Chaleigh, a city man of apparently unlimited wealth with no social ambitions for himself, but with his eyes firmly fixed on a suitable match for his one and only daughter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- By Fran D on 12-05-21
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Talisman Ring
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story5 out of 5 stars 45
The legend of the Headless Horseman and a proposed marriage de convenance both have their impact on the mystery of a golden talisman ring and Lord Lavenham's young heir, Ludovic. Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor Eustacie, his young French cousin, shares the slightest inclination to marry one another, yet it is Lord Lavenham's dying wish. For there is no one else to provide for the old man's granddaughter while Ludovic remains a fugitive from justice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love her grasp of the absurd
- By Jan Kovac on 05-20-23
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Unknown Ajax
- Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Miles from anywhere, the isolated mansion Darracott Place is presided over by the irascible Lord Darracott. The recent drowning of his eldest son has done nothing to improve his temper. For now he must send for the unknown offspring of the uncle whom the family are never permitted to mention. Yet none of that beleaguered family are prepared for the arrival of the weaver's brat and heir apparent.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Quite a different hero
- By Jack Atherton on 12-27-23
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Transformation of Philip Jettan
- By: Georgette Heyer, Anne Hancock
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Hoping to win the hand of lovely Cleone Charteris, Philip Jettan discovers that wealth and country manners are not enough. Cleone has been exposed to the gallantries of London society and finds Philip too blunt and boorish. His sophisticated father agrees and the frustrated young man departs for Paris and an education.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Foppish Flirt or Genuine Love
- By Sophia Rose on 02-16-23
By: Georgette Heyer, and others
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Regency Buck
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Beautiful heiress Judith Taverner has her pick of London suitors. But her luck takes a turn for the worse when her hapless brother, Peregrine, becomes the target of a would-be-assassin. To Judith's great annoyance, their mysterious guardian - the handsome Earl of Worth - seems far more intent on wooing her than saving her brother, but all is not as it seems. When the truth is revealed, Judith will finally discover if the earl is after her money or her heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best of Ms Heyer
- By Beanie on 04-15-24
By: Georgette Heyer
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Footsteps in the Dark
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
The Priory may look ramshackle in appearance, but Peter, Margaret and Celia are totally charmed by their newly inherited country house. But there's more to The Priory than meets the eye. Left empty for years, hardly a single person has set foot inside, and down in the village, the locals whisper of a ghostly figure that roams the halls. When a murder is committed, the new owners start to fear the rumours are true - but is their new home really haunted, or is someone trying to scare them away?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lighthearted gothic
- By Blithe Alden on 05-30-23
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Georgette Heyer BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Proud, Simon Shepherd, Simon Russell Beale, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
The acknowledged ‘queen of Regency romance’, best-selling author Georgette Heyer, also penned a dozen delightful mystery novels. Included here are dramatisations of four of her finest stories from both genres, full of her characteristic wit, charm and period detail.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Beware of Disappointment
- By Carol on 08-14-20
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Shadow Earl
- By: Stella Riley
- Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Constantinople, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere, vanished—seemingly without trace. Time passes. In London, his uncle and cousin move into his home, while his unofficial fiancée, Sophia, is left desolate and in limbo.
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5 out of 5 stars
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GOBBLED IT UO IN A DAY - AN EXCELLENT LISTEN
- By Beth B on 08-27-23
By: Stella Riley
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Devil's Cub
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Michael Drew
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,218
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 932
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 933
The excesses of the young Marquis of Vidal are even wilder than his father's before him. Not for nothing is the reckless duellist and gamester called "the Devil's Cub". But when he is forced to leave the country, Mary Challoner discovers his fiendish plan to abduct her sister. Any only by daring to impersonate her can Mary save her sibling from certain ruin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clever heroine, vivid characters and laughter
- By Janet on 09-09-08
By: Georgette Heyer
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The Black Madonna
- Roundheads & Cavaliers, Book 1
- By: Stella Riley
- Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 240
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 240
As England slides into Civil War, master-goldsmith and money-lender, Luciano Falcieri del Santi embarks on his own hidden agenda. A chance meeting one dark night results in an unlikely friendship with Member of Parliament, Richard Maxwell. Richard’s daughter, Kate - a spirited girl who vows to hold their home against both Cavalier and Roundhead - soon finds herself fighting an involuntary attraction to the clever, magnetic, and diabolically beautiful Italian.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the BEST books I have ever read!
- By Bibliolatry on 06-28-19
By: Stella Riley
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The Convenient Marriage
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Caroline Hunt
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 762
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 633
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 635
When the most eligible Earl of Rule offers for the hand of the beauty of the Winwood family, he has no notion of the distress he causes his intended. For Miss Lizzie Winwood is promised to the excellent, but impoverished, Mr Edward Heron. Disaster can only be averted by the delightful impetuosity of her youngest sister, Horatia, who conceives her own, distinctly original plans . . .
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing narration
- By Ann Zimrin on 01-23-12
By: Georgette Heyer