The Dangerous Mister Donovan

By: Kasey Michaels

Narrated by: Richard Turner

Marguerite Balfour lived an enchanted life as the beloved daughter of her soft-spoken mother and her adored father, a dreamer who filled her young life with hope and wonder. Anything was possible in Marguerite’s life...until the day her father died while she was in her young teens and her mother all but retreated from life. Marguerite carried on, trying to live by the words her father taught her, until everything she’d believed in came crashing down when her mother whispered into her ear as she was dying.

Now, Marguerite is a young woman out for revenge, and a year after her mother’s passing, she and her grandfather head to London for her come-out. At least that’s what her grandfather believes. Marguerite is there with exquisitely planned revenges on the five men she believes responsible for her parents’ deaths.

Thomas Joseph Donovan is also in London. He is there on a mission from President Madison. He is to meet with and discuss strategies with a group of men who had put forth a plan to prevent what seems now to be an inevitable war with the young country. But everywhere he goes, it seems that Marguerite is there ahead of him. Beautiful, intelligent, and apparently conniving Marguerite Balfour.

They each have their own secret agendas, they each have their own reasons, with one out to disgrace and destroy, the other out to decide if his country should become involved in the Englishmen’s plot.

They each are very much in the other’s way, especially when their mutual attraction threatens to make Thomas suspicious of the men he has come to see. As one after the other, they appear to fall into disgrace, he comes to believe there can be only one person who could be pulling the strings, making the puppets dance to her tune...Marguerite.

But why? Follow along as Marguerite’s well-laid plans unfold, as Donovan can only try to earn her trust, becoming more concerned for her safety with every passing day.

Watch as two very different people learn to look not just with their eyes and minds, but to look again, this time with their hearts....

©2018 Kathryn Seidick (P)2019 Kathryn Seidick

Grab this historic listen

This is a great audio listen. Kassy knows how to grab the listener /reader .
Both characters are well written. Both Donovan and Margarita . I love how the story has you laughing at some parts . It’s just as Kasey always knows how to grab the attraction between the characters.
The story is worth it

First time I listened to the narrator Richard . His British accent brings the story justice. It’s perfect for the story

Delightful

I was privileged to receive the audiobook of The Dangerous Mister Donovan for review. And I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to do so. Kasey Michaels is an excellent writer. Her writing shows charm and self-control. The story built slowly and deliberately and the mysterious elements were revealed strategically. I loved the narrator. His voice was crisp and clean, employing various character voices effectively.

This is similar to a spy vs. spy story. Thomas Donovan is an Irishman turned American who is doing secret work on behalf of the president. Marguerite Balfour is a woman set on revenge after the tragic deaths of her parents. These two missions might be at cross-purposes, but that doesn't stop Thomas and Marguerite from falling in love.

I loved the interaction between the hero and heroine. The romance was totally on target without needed the spicier stuff (this is a sweet version). Very entertaining and an all-round delightful story with great narration.

Lots of Intrigue

Although, tales of revenge are not my cup of tea, I found this story to be interesting and different enough to capture my attention.. The characters were not my favorite but both grew on me as the book progressed. The narration was very good and complimented the story. Lots of witty dialogue. I would recommend this book in general and the audible addition specifically. If you enjoy a good Regency Mystery then you will enjoy this. I really liked this narration of the quick paced story. This was a review left for a complimentary copy of audible copy but opinions were all my own.

Kasey Michaels shines

The story about two people looking for the same men is really great. It is fun and witty. The romance is perfect. I unfortunately was not impressed with the narrator. Sometimes he read with what felt like huge run on sentences. Other times he seemed rushed as though he couldn’t read through fast enough. It felt to me that he was just quickly reading a book and not telling a story. I love narrators who seem to be a part of the story they are reading. I did not feel that with Richard Turners work on this book. With all that, he was easy to understand and pronounced nicely so it wasn’t a total loss. Great story!

Wonderful listen

This book is an excellent example of Ms. Michaels's work. It is intricately plotted, meticulously researched, absorbingly romantic, bitingly witty, and completely engrossing. Very few authors are capable of turning out historical romances with so many facets. I have the original version of this book, so I was able to compare the new one to it. Not only are the sexy parts removed, but a few conversations are clarified with small bits of additional dialogue. The narrator for the audiobook does a fantastic job. I don't know how he managed all those accents (particularly Thomas's blended accent) and a character with an injured jaw. His performance added an extra dimension of reality to a story that feels like it could have happened in truth. I can't recommend this highly enough.