Seven Years to Sin

By: Sylvia Day

Narrated by: Imogen Church

Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's Summary

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day, read by the actress Imogen Church. Seven years ago, on the eve of her wedding, young Lady Jessica Sheffield witnessed a scandalous seduction by the roguish Alistair Caulfield.

But after years of serene but unfulfilling marriage, she still cannot free her dreams of this illicit liaison. So when newly widowed Jessica steps aboard Caulfield’s ship for a transatlantic passage, years of denied pleasure and passion will be unleashed in the most provocative way…

©2013 Sylvia Day (P)2013 Penguin Audio

I was captivated from the very beginning

Fantastic! Alistair, Jessica, Michael and Hester are amazing characters and make it possible for this book to have an amazing lesson about love. Sylvia Day just wrote one of the best historical erotic romances of the year.

We follow the story of Alistair and Jessica since their very spicy moment before Jessica gets married and their re encounter after her husband's death.

At the same time we hear about Hester, Jessica's sister, and Michael's relationship. These secondary characters are so lovable! We fall in love with Alistair's charisma and charm - he's a rake after all- and also Jessica's strength and courage.

The final twist was a surprise and what I liked most about Seven Years To Sin is that it's never late to love and overcome our past. The author also approaches physical abuse towers women, what's their role in the society, their financial independence and the married life. All of them treated with honesty and truth.

The problems the hero and heroine have to go through are very real and the story is full of burning hot scenes. I would love, love, love to read more about Hester, and we might get it. If you've read it and feels the same way, show it! Speak up!

Imogen Church was fantastic with the delivery of the story.

Imogen is excellent

love it the app, the book, the story and the narrator. excellent experience overall. thanks

Absolutely brilliant

I’ve read most of Sylvia Day’s books and really enjoy her excellent writing and ability to tell a detailed story without allowing it to stagnate. The performance was excellent also and allowed the reader to become immersed in the story.

A keeper!

I couldn't put this one down. What a beautiful story! Wonderfully narrated by Imogen, as always!

Pleasant, enjoyable read/listen

Would you consider the audio edition of Seven Years to Sin to be better than the print version?

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Who was your favorite character and why?

All characters in this book are given equal attention to detail, resulting in you being able to relate to their characteristics. In particular the side story of Hester, the main characters sister allows different angles of enjoyment and keeps you wanting to know where the story is going. Hesters story, mixed with Jess` prevents the `historic` novel becoming predictable.

Have you listened to any of Imogen Church’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I am a new user of audible, so am yet to establish my personal preferences of performer/narrated. In my opinion, Imogens performance was pleasant and helped to focus on feelings and expressions. I enjoyed listening to her throughout the book.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The harsh reality of Jess being Barron, and societies expectations, helps to set the scene beautifully. It was nice to have a read where there were no victims involved, no-one timid or with huge sob stories in their past. Silvia Day has made a great effort to ensure no sympathy is felt for Jess once having a happy marriage.

Any additional comments?

This book may not be as modern or raunchy as some readers prefer, however I feel this is appropriate given the era and science intended. I enjoyed the book and would recommend to others. Silvia Day has a great style and it Is portrayed throughout thus beautifly written novel.

Seven Years to Sin

This is a book I have listened to over and over again. Funny, sad, and all emoticons in between. Read with great feeling by Imogen Church. shame only a few of these historicals where put to audio.

A story to fall in love with

I'm not normally into period books, but these are characters I got lost in. It's a beautiful story of true love, and how it prevails. Perfect book for all you hopeless romantics.

A bit jumpy but a good story

This was my first book by this author, I will read more of her work in the future. I enjoyed this book however I did find it a bit jumpy from one set of characters story to another, it took me a while to get used to it but once I was more familiar with the characters it didn’t bother me too much.

Loved it

Fantastic narrator. Lovely story. As expected, raunchy, loving and believable. Another great listen by Sylvia Day

Not much of a story

If you like hot sex descriptions then go for it but this book has not much else. Very thin storyline. My first Sylvia Day book and my last.why

Brilliant

I've read this book about 5 times I love it every time I hear it I love the story the way Alister was not able to hang around while Jessica was married and how hard it was for Michael to want to help Hester , and how they got together

amazing

brilliant story and well read. I have listened to this audio book numerous times and I absolutely love it. not my usual sort of story but I have loved it. highly recommended

This is why I love Sylvia Day

I have read many of Sylvia Days books. This is up there with the best of them. It started a little slow but as soon as it gripped me it continued to grip me until the end. I loved the characters and the saucy scenes were very well done. I love period dramas, so I doubly enjoyed this book. It has spurred me on to now read her Georgian books x

nice easy listen

A good story line if somewhat slightly predictable! Enjoyable for killing time on the weekend.