The Heiress

The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh

By: Lynsay Sands

Narrated by: Faye Adelle

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Desperately seeking a husband....

Suzette is not like other heiresses; she wants a poor husband, a gentleman who will be so grateful for her dowry that he will allow her access to it so that she can pay off her father's gambling debts. When this alluring beauty encounters Daniel Woodrow - handsome, titled, single, and even more impoverished than she could have hoped for - it seems Suzette's wildest dreams have come true.

But Daniel has not been truthful. Tired of being accosted by an endless stream of vapid coquettes and their fortune-hunting mothers, Daniel has decided to plead poverty to stop them in their tracks. Yet here is a most refreshing and delectable lady, who claims to be thrilled by his penury. Now all Daniel has to do to find true happiness is to keep a little white lie alive... while avoiding a villain who's determined to prevent this union by any means necessary.

©2011 Lynsay Sands (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers

excellent

loved it Sands has done it again. Funny and full of adventure I can't wait to read the 3rd book in this series

The Eris

It would be great if there were two voices one for the man and one for the woman but I enjoyed the book thank you

Story dragged on too long

The first 10 chapters are a recap of what happened in the first book. I was looking for Suzanne's adventure to start long before it actually did . If you didn't read the first book, this one is fine to start with.

Copy of the first book

While I think this would have made a great story if I had not already read The Countess it was a perfect copy of the first in the series. The only change is that the book focuses on the younger sister and her lover instead of the oldest but its entirely the same events. Now I am worried about getting The Husband Hunt since I dont want three books with the same story line. Narration was good though.

Fleeced by Sands!!!

What would have made The Heiress better?

The Heiress is a copy of The Countess for more than 1/2 of the book. I am so disappointed. Why would Ms. Sands, her editors and publishers think it was okay to tell the same story in two different books with the same characters???

Has The Heiress turned you off from other books in this genre?

No - historical romance is my favorite genre.

What three words best describe Faye Adelle’s voice?

I can't think of three words, but I think her narration was okay. It isn't the best, but it also isn't the worst I've ever listened too. I won't completely turn away from books narrated by Faye Adelle, but they may not be my first choice either.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Heiress?

I would cut more than half of the book because it's a near copy of The Countess. The Countess is a much better book although when you get to the part of the book that isn't a copy of The Countess, it's actually pretty good.

Any additional comments?

I can't decide if I'll listen to more books by Ms. Sands or not AFTER I finish listening to The Husband Hunt. I really want to finish the series and here Lisa and Robert's story.

Not enough new content to call this Book 2

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

By not making the first 2/3 to 3/4 of this book cover exactly the same events as in Book 1, in a lot of cases word for word.

It was obvious from book one that there was another killer and who his target was to all it seems but the characters involved until near the end.

for this book to gain a higher score it needed to contain much more original content not make the first 2/3 basically a synopsis of the first book in this series

I would lay a bet that the next book contains the 3 member of Dickie's little gang and that the girls father get married to Daniel's Mother. . . .but then again that could be stretched to Book 4 based on Book 2

Would you ever listen to anything by Lynsay Sands again?

Yes but I think I will wait if it's this series to read reviews before I take the leap.

This is not my normal style of book I prefer scfi, fantasy & paranormal but I got a taste for historical fiction of this period through Amanda Quick's Arcane series and Gail Carriger's The Parasol Protectorate.

Since, in the main, I like Lynsay Sands vampire series I thought to give these a try

Would you listen to another book narrated by Faye Adelle?

Yes

What character would you cut from The Heiress?

The problem was not the characters but that this was basically 2/3 book one and 1/3 at best newish if not obvious content

Repeat of the Countess

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Shorten the background information. It was too long of a repetition.

Would you ever listen to anything by Lynsay Sands again?

Maybe

Which scene was your favorite?

The last 1/3 of the book was nice

Irritating -Yawn

Simple. banal..I was in a rush to get a new book - and needed a little romance... (never again)
0 stars.

Pembroke Pines

Well if you already purchaed The Countess then don't waste your $$$ on the Heiress because the author basically made two books from one. She narrated The Countess with Dickey a/k/a Richard and Christiana and The Heiress with two other characters but basically told the same story. The Heiress tells the the story from Daniel and Suzette's characters. The Heiress Part 1, I basically skipped through and a good portion of Part 2 until they got to the part where Daniel and Suzette were running off to marry.

If you read "The Countess" don't bother buying it.

This is supposed to be part of a "series", but it literally takes huge parts of the first book "The Countess". Save your credits. The first book was good, though.