Someone to Watch Over Me

Bow Street Runners Series, Book 1

De: Lisa Kleypas

Narrado por: Anna Parker-Naples

Someone to Watch Over Me is a classic tale from New York Times best-selling author Lisa Kleypas. In this Regency romance, Kleypas, the author of Seduce Me at Sunrise, tells the story of a scandalous beauty with no memory of who she is and the man determined to unravel the secrets of her past.

Contains mature themes.

©1999 Lisa Kleypas (P)2018 Tantor

Pleasantly surprised

I have read most of Lisa Kleypas’ books and love almost all of them (a few exceptions). I wanted to start this series but resisted due to the negative reviews on the narration. I ended up picking it up when it was on sale so decided to give it a try. I’m glad I did! The narrator is not terrible! I didn’t mind her at all.

That being said…it is not my favorite but not at the bottom of my Kleypas books list either. Great premise but dragged a bit. I didn’t have any trouble putting it down to get things done, unlike most of her books when I stay up all night just to finish. I have the next two books ready to listen to but I also see they are about to be re-recoded by Rosalyn Landor. Not sure if I want to hold off of not yet.

In any case - don’t let the negative reviews of the narrator hold you back from giving this one a try.

A bit predictable

Author certainly tied up the outstanding bullet point for the storyline. No surprises there. No cliff hanger…no apparent sequel part 2. Yawn…

Here to take up for the narrator!

I don’t get it, in fact I have added her to my list of favorite narrators. She was great, her MFC voice was sweet and soothing, her side character voices were great, and her MMC voice was dropped just enough to not sound so feminine but didn’t sound hoaky or nasally as some do which can be very distracting. One of the most popular narrators, I won’t name names because I’m not out to hurt feelings, but her male voices always sound so nasally and oooold I cannot get into them as a romantic lead, ew, I always pass on any book she narrates. But Anna was wonderful. The story itself was fun, as some will say the MC had bad motives that made him seem like a bit of a jerk but he genuinely cared for the FC as the story unfolded and I liked it.

Story good, narrator not good

I love Lisa Kleypas books, the story is great. However, both versions of the narrators for this book are so lacking.

Enjoyed listening to this paperback I read ages ago!

Really impressed with the narrator! Her tone and inflection for each of the characters are on-the-money!! Searching out more of her narrations.

Have always loved Ms. Kleypas' books. The two titles that follow this book are particular favorites of mine. She writes all characters well, masculine/feminine, cultured or not.

I miss Susan Duerden!

I think this was another high quality effort from Lisa Kleypas - one of my favorites! I miss some of the lighthearted wittiness of others of her novels, but it was still very engaging. The narrator read well, but her voices for males hadn’t near the range of Susan’s renditions, and it seemed to lack some of the interpretive nuances. Worth a listen, but I hope we can get the previous narrator back for future releases!

Good story

Well I definitely enjoyed the story, but this narrator will not be on my shelf of favorites!! She tried, she really did, it just didn't really meet the mark. Had to speed it up because of her. There was a great plot twist which was great fun. Bought on a 2 for 1 sale and I’d buy the rest in the series. Only 2/1 sale if its tge same narrator though! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Another great Lisa Kleypas story!

I love Lisa’s book. Great story lines. Steamy. This one was. I exception. I own every one of her regency books.

Kleypas is a top favorite of mine.

Possibly better as read; maybe not.narration was challenging because of,so many mens voices but narrator pretty much met he challenge. bravo!

Someone to watch over me

This was a great read then listen to added another level. Any thing by this author is worth listening to or reading. Enjoy this title.