Lessons in French

By: Laura Kinsale

Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton

Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

Laura Kinsale's best romantic comedy, narrated in Nick Boulton's sexy, wicked voice....

Trevelyan d'Augustin and Lady Callista Talliafaire were secret sweethearts, until the day her father dismissed him with a whip across the face. Ten years and three jiltings later, shy Callie is resigned to a quiet village life as the late earl's spinster daughter. But now Trev has returned from his estates in France, upending everything, dragging her into adventures, stealing Hubert the prize-winning bull, and flinging Callie's heart into mayhem again.

Laura and Nick fans who enjoy a practical, witty heroine will love shy Lady Callista with her cattle and daydreams, and believe dashing Trev will be a lucky man if he can win her back...or perhaps just kidnap her instead!

©2010 Laura Kinsale (P)2014 Hedgehog Inc

Critic reviews

• Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award

"Boulton's delivery and pacing not only capture the growing emotional and sometimes breathless physical attraction between the star-crossed lovers, but also convey their tantalizingly sharp and witty repartee." ( Audiofile Magazine)

"A rich and rewarding romance from the legendary Laura Kinsale!" (Mary Jo Putney, New York Times best-selling author of Loving a Lost Lord)

"Laura Kinsale creates magic. Her characters live, breathe, charm, and seduce, and her writing is as delicious and perfectly served as wine in a crystal glass." (Best-selling author, Lisa Kleypas)

Holy Cow!! What A Lovely Romance!! ;-)

I was a little surprised to find this book very different than other Laura Kinsale books. This story is not dark or has characters that are deeply distressed. Rather, it is a lighter more balanced story with characters that are charming, witty, fun, and true to life.

Trevelyan (Trev) is a dashing Frenchman who has loved Callista (Callie) since he was 16. He has a devil-may-care attitude that is endearing and very amusing. Callie is spinster Englishwoman who is practical, loyal, and loves animals. They have a unique “cat and mouse” relationship immersed with clever joking/bantering conversations that are very amusing.

Nicholas Boulton is a top-notch narrator!! (He is the perfect narrator for LK’s books).

This is truly a well written love adventure that is filled with friendship, loyalty, loss, laughter, mischief, fun, love, and even a cow! It's worth a credit.

My favorite Laura Kinsale

Fantastic story. Incredible narration. Romance and adventure while light and fun. (Adult sexual content not for underage readers.)

Had me rolling my eyes

Would you try another book from Laura Kinsale and/or Nicholas Boulton?

No.

What three words best describe Nicholas Boulton’s performance?

He reads quite well.

Did Lessons in French inspire you to do anything?

Stop reading books by this author.

Any additional comments?

Throughout the entire book, the heroine simply cannot believe that this wonderful rogue of a man is in love with, even though he shows her and tells her in every chapter. Too stupid for words.

Excellent

I love Kinsale the author. I love Boulton the reader. Enjoyed every moment of the audible book.

Magnifique

I read a few reviews before purchasing and steeled myself for a less than perfect Kinsale creation. As it turned out this was a perfect read. Not heartbreaking like Seize the Fire or Flowers from the Storm, those two brought tears to my eyes, though good tears. Lessons in French, on the other hand, made me smile often. It’s s wonderful romantic read with little to no angst, and I appreciated that. As almost all of Kinsale’s heroines, Callie is good hearted but somewhat unlucky in life and in love. My heart, however, was won by Trev. His undying love for her, his appreciation of her quiet beauty, his anger at her ex-fiancées, his desire to take revenge on her behalf, sweetness to his maman, all make me love him so much. Swoon. Read this for a feel good romantic romp.

my favorite

this is my favorite Laura kinsale book. it was just a very sweet and gentle story.

Incredibly well written, Superbly narrated

I have always LOVED LK books, but I admit the stories usually have a darker side to them. Characters are never perfect and may even have a physical challenge. Not so here. The hero has done some things in the past he is not proud of, but it is all in the past.
Both the hero and heroine are loyal, sweet and giving making it very easy as a reader to fall in love with them. As always you will also enjoy well developed supporting characters in addition to a main animal, in this case a bull, as depicted in the cover. If you enjoy LK, NB duo, this book will not disappoint.

So Happy I found this!

If you could sum up Lessons in French in three words, what would they be?

Charming, funny, marvelous

Have you listened to any of Nicholas Boulton’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This was my first Nicholas Boulton book and I'm hooked. I bought other Laura Kinsale books because of this reading. Nicholas could read the phone book and it would be worth it.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

YES!

Any additional comments?

I'm a huge fan of Stephanie Laurens' books read by Simon Prebble. I'm so very happy to find another great author with an absolutely fabulous narrator like Nicholas Boulton. Many happy hours of listening in my future. I couldn't be happier.

Charming!

What did you love best about Lessons in French?

Wonderfully witty- charming characters

What did you like best about this story?

Relationship between the two lead characters

Which scene was your favorite?

The cattle show & Hubert's escape

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh

Any additional comments?

Narration was perfect

Charming!

What enjoyable hours spent listening to this book. The story was fun and the narration was marvelous.