The Reluctant Duke

Love's Pride, Book 1

By: G.L. Snodgrass

Narrated by: Johanna Oosterwyk

Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

The last thing wounded veteran Major Thomas Marshal wanted was a title. It wasn't supposed to happen. But duty has a way of pulling a man into things he doesn't want and away from the things he needs.

The only thing Miss Guinevere Harding needs is a safe place to hide. A job as the downstairs maid at Brookshire is the perfect refuge from a frightening past. Or, at least it was until the arrival of the new duke.

Heat and passion pull Thomas and Gwen together, even as society and duty fight to keep them apart. She won't become his mistress and can't become his wife.

Thomas is determined otherwise, even if it costs him everything.

©2015 G.L. Snodgrass (P)2015 G.L. Snodgrass

Amateurish

While the story was interesting it was if it was written as a college essay. The character develop was weak. But I did want to hear the outcome of the story. The worst was the narration. The narrator’s accent was more American than English. Also you could hear her swallowing and breathing during the reading. I will avoid anything narrated by Oosterwyk I n the future.

#1of4. Whole Regency Romancy ~ G. Heyer

#1of4. Whole Regency Romancy ~ G. Heyer
#1 of 4 part series, but a complete story. Audiobook narration is very good, with lots of pitch, rate and vocal variation, thus avoiding the dread sing-songy pattern of some narrators. Appropriately British. Functions as a stand alone, could read in any order, but 1->4 is best.

Story:
Major Thomas Marshal, still injured from war, ends up a peer with a beautiful young housekeeper, Miss Guinevere Harding, who speaks to well and exhibits too much education to have been a house maid/servant for long.

Note to author:
This a bit more snarky humor you can enjoy the popularity of J. Quinn or T. Dare or add more bigger issue sentimal angst and join M. Balogh. A bit more historic political detail and visual description would enrich your books for me.Love your book. Please keep writing.

Loved it!

I absolutely loved every minute of this audio book! I couldn’t put it down! The story, back story, and characters were amazing. The narrator was a perfect fit for this book!

very entertaining!

Great story line. Well written!
I'll be looking for more books by this author. Thank you.

Like listening to a foreign film dubbed with English

While the story may have been decent, the performance reminded me of that awkward expression that you get when actors dub foreign films into English. You know how the expressions seem a little bit off? I also found the accents very confusing. All of this was just too much to keep me listening beyond about halfway.

Definitely an 18+ Steamy Romance

I need to start with the parental rating- it's definitely an 18+ if in video due to the detailed intimate content it would be at least R if not X rated. I don't have a problem with the steamy romances but this one's story was a bit dry and slow, and then ramped up in such a way that wasn't very realistic. The narrator was okay but didn't help with the dry story and was pretty monotone during the more narrative parts of the book.

—I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

great entertainment

loved this book. Lots of love and compassion. heart warming. look forward to next book in this series.

Good story

Reading this book is a pleasant way to spend the afternoon. It's a good read.

A good story

When Major Thomas Marshal unexpectedly inherited his title he expected a whole raft of new issues would come with his new dukedom. What he didn't expect was his gorgeous new housekeeper, Guinevere Harding. Their attraction was hard to resist but the class chasm between them was too wide to cross. Enter one sweet sister and one ferocious aunt to straighten out the mess!

This historical romance was a steamy listen. I did enjoy both main characters and their time together. Gwen's mystery kept me listening to the end. And watching Thomas plot his revenge was supremely satisfying.

The narration was a little odd, the story was in a British accent (I'm assuming), but the character's dialogue was voiced in an American accent. It was jarring when someone would speak. I requested a copy of the audiobook, and I'm voluntarily leaving a review.

Lovely story

This was time well spent. It was sweet, a little steamy. Not overly dramatic. She was running scared. He knew what he wanted.