Salt Bride: A Georgian Historical Romance

Salt Hendon Series, Book 1

By: Lucinda Brant

Narrated by: Marian Hussey

Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Set in the opulent world of the 18th century aristocracy, Lucinda Brant delivers another delicious 18th century romantic experience. High drama, witty prose, a deft palette of historical detail, and a weave of subplots will keep you mesmerized from beginning to end.

England, 1763. The Earl of Salt Hendon and squire's daughter Jane Despard share a secret past of mistrust, heartache, and misery. Forced into a marriage neither wants, the patient and ever optimistic Jane believes love conquers all; the Earl will take some convincing. Enter Diana St. John, who will go to extreme lengths, even murder, to hold the Earl's attention. Can the newlyweds overcome past prejudices and sinister opposition to fall in love all over again?

ARRA Awards Finalist 2011 Favorite Historical Romance

©2011 Lucinda Brant (P)2014 Lucinda Brant

Great Romance for a Summer Listen

What an intriguing story that certainly kept my interest with all of the twists and turns. A well-written romance that was perfect for a summer listen. The reader was very, very good. I will definitely read more books by Lucinda Brant and hope to start listening to the sequel, Salt Redux, very soon. Need to find out what happens to the Earl and his family. I also want to search out more books read b Marian Hussey.

Excellent !

Loved the story It kept my interest and the narrator did the story justice. I am going to read the sequel next. Not my usual style to read the sequel right after the first book;but I want to hear more. It has peaked my interest, so I MUST continue reading. Highly recommended this book and its author.

Great Story, Fantastic Narration!

This was a really good story, I enjoyed it very much. The hero and heroine had some great chemistry together. I really liked both characters very much. Jane was a great heroine. Salt was fantastic. There wasn't really any sex scenes in the story it was more referred to in the past tense but the sexual tension is there and the relationship between the two felt genuine and real.

The story line and plot was great. There was a bat $h*t crazy villainous lady Diana St. John. Literally this woman is nuts LOL it made the story even better. There was secrets and a few of surprises. There is lots and lots of dialogue throughout the entire book. Some very good dialogue too. This story is not full of filler nonsense either which is a plus for a 12 hour book.

As for the narration, well its Marian Hussey one of my very favorite narrators. She does a fantastic job on the men's voices and gives everyone their own distinct voice and has an excellent reading voice. She reads with emotion as called for too. Love listening to her narrations. She makes a story even better!

I actually got this book free back in November 2015 from amazon and 1.99 for the audible whispersync version so it was a super deal for sure!

This is why I like historical romances

Lucinda Brant has a winner with this book. I've enjoyed her other books; this is another good one. Great writing; great characters.

Excellent narration enhances the story.

Salt Bride: A Georgian Historical

This was a very well written story and I loved the transformation of the main characters and their love story! I couldn’t turn the story off the last 2 hours!! Such a wonderful narration!

Wonderful story

Would you listen to Salt Bride: A Georgian Historical Romance again? Why?

Yes, it was such a wonderful story about salt and jane

What was one of the most memorable moments of Salt Bride: A Georgian Historical Romance?

When salt finally gain the truth about his cousin Diana

What about Marian Hussey’s performance did you like?

She did a wonderful job,, I hope when Ms brant next audible book come out she has Marian Hussey narrate them..,,

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

It didn't make me laugh or cry it just keep interested.. It was very well written and good story all the way to the end...

Any additional comments?

I truly looking forward to her next books on audible I enjoyed listen to salt bride so much on audio....

A must listen!

Would you consider the audio edition of Salt Bride: A Georgian Historical Romance to be better than the print version?

I haven't read this book

What was one of the most memorable moments of Salt Bride: A Georgian Historical Romance?

I couldn't pick just one. The story is one that is constantly moving.

Any additional comments?

This was my first experience of this Author.
I just couldn't stop listening......then I was disappointed when it was over.
Lucinda Brant is an author who has made a very considered selection of narrator when choosing Marian Hussey........a faultless reading with great characterization

I love this author

I read the printed book several times. this is just a new way t ou enjoy it.

Expected to love it. Not so much.

Let me preface this review by saying that I read this book about 3 weeks ago. My initial reaction was so extreme that I felt I had to take some time to process my feelings before I could write this more subdued review.

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This book was just an okay read for me, and I won't re-listen to it. I would definitely not recommend it.

I was pretty excited about starting these books because the reviews were pretty impressive. However, for me, the plot went off the rails right away. The Hero, dressed in some fairly flamboyant clothing, started out as a truly hateful and verbally abusive douchebag. I thought "Wow, this is different!"

Then, he turned into a nice guy in about 30 pages. If this was a plot device to make the story more dramatic, it should have worked. Unfortunately, it didn't. When he flipped the switch, I didn't know what the hell was going on. I guess the author wrote him that way so he could do a personality 180. The problem is that she made him so awful, and the change so abrupt and inexplicable, that she went way too far, and far too quickly, for it to make sense. It felt so out of character, that it snapped me right out of the plot. I just didn't get the point of making me hate him for 20 minutes, only to make me like him for the rest of the book. And nobody called him on it. The story just went on as if he had always been nice. It was weird.

The beautiful, sweet, put upon heroine was so unbelievably sweet despite his treatment of her, that I finally stopped caring about either of them.

In fact, I can't think of a single character in this book that read as a real person. They were all flat, uninteresting and cartoony, even the villein, who was also over-the-top evil. (Okay, the kids were pretty good.)

But the main reason I disliked this book was the old "keeping a secret for no sane reason" ploy, when telling THE PERSON WHO LOVES YOU -- or, ANYONE ELSE, would have fixed everything. It went on and on and on, and was so transparent, and badly written, that it felt amateurish. This old saw is such an overused plot device, and appears in so many bad RH's, that Brant lost me completely as a fan.

Dear LB: When your whole plot hinges on the H and h never telling each other the truth, that's pretty much the definition of weak. It's derivative, redundant, aggravating and dumb. And it makes you look like a beginner.

Please, you have to give me more than just a bunch of characters walking around in a story, wearing fabulous clothes, because they're fabulously wealthy.

If you don't mind the shaky structure the story hinges on, and if you like a girl who will do anything not to anger her man, and if you like truly evil villeins that no one can see through -- even though everyone already hates them -- this book is for you!

I'm just really, really bummed that I bought the whole series before reading book one. If I had read it, I would have saved myself some money.

4 and 5 star reviews to the contrary, this was an unforgivable stinker.

My second (and best) audiobook ever.

I'm and will always remain a reader, but the experience of this audiobook was impressive, thanks to the narrator's skill.