Reputation at Risk

A Chronicle of Misadventures, Book 1

De: Martha Keyes

Narrado por: Abigail Langham

Their choice? Scandal or mutual salvation.

Determined to support her mother and sisters after her father's untimely death, Charlotte Mandeville covertly crafts satirical caricatures of high society. It not only puts money in her family’s bare pockets, but ensures the haut-ton cannot guard all the power and the secrets.

Anthony Yorke has a guilty conscience and a brother to exonerate. When the key piece of evidence to clear his brother's name falls into the hands of a headstrong young woman, he is willing to do whatever is required to obtain it from her.

But Charlotte is not easily persuaded, and while the thing she demands in return for the evidence is reasonable enough, it leads to the unthinkable: a forced engagement between them.

Can the ruse they must craft and maintain survive their mutual dislike, or will it crumble, bringing them and their families along with it?

Reputation at Risk is the first in a new series of Regency romances, full of banter, a touch of suspense, and all the swoon without the steam.

©2024 Martha Keyes (P)2024 Paradigm Press

Warning voice of the narrator is hard t understand if you are hard of hearing

The story was great but hard for me to understand i had to listen to some parts several times. The voice is pleasant but has a staticky edge to it. I had to listen in total silence to understand what was happening.

Too much going on

I dislike enemy to lovers stories. I dislike all the unnecessary squabbling, it truly grates on my nerves. If I would’ve read the reviews, I’d probably wouldn’t have purchased this book. But since I purchased it, I was determined to try to finish it. Halfway through the book the song “What is This Feeling“ (loathing from Wicked) kept going through my head. I completely loath Charlotte, and the book because of her. She had no reason to keep that diary and she would’ve gotten her just desserts if he would’ve just let her be ruined. She was so childish and a brat. Anthony deserved better. And there was just too many convoluted stories within this book to try to keep all of them straight. The actress reading the book did a good job

Reader

i loved this great story including love and mystery. The bubbly Aunt was a priceless touch to the story.

Fun love/hate tension

Love-hate stories can often be tedious, but this was really delightful. I find all of Martha Keyes’s books creative, and captivating to the very end. It is not that I disliked the narrator. She is skillful, but it is the voice she chose for the main male character that was grating to the point of genuine annoyance. Nevertheless, if you can get past that, it’s a great listen.

Whispers

Im enjoying the book. But reader whisper talk sometimes makes me turn it off. But I always come back. And I know she has a regular voice so not sure why she speaks like she’s always a thought in their head, when it’s dialogue . Otherwise very good