The Wedding Wager

Wedding Wager Series, Book 1

By: Eva Devon

Narrated by: Sasha Higgins

All Lady Victoria Kirby wants is to dig in the dirt, take notations, and record history, thank you very much. Bumbling through ballrooms and getting disdained by the ton for her less than ideal looks, on the other hand, is the last thing she wants. But her reckless father has a different idea for her future when he puts up the ultimate ante - her hand in marriage - and loses. Over her dead body.

The Duke of Chase cannot bear to see a woman misused. After all, he saw that often enough as a child. So when he's witness to a marquess gambling away his daughter to a lecher of a man, he has no choice but to step in and rescue her. Lady Victoria has a reputation for being as tart as a lemon and as bitter as one, too. So, he may have just found the perfect wife to keep a promise he made to himself long ago-to never have an heir. With her, surely, he'll never be tempted to take her to bed and break that promise.

But when he meets the wild, witty, intelligent young lady he's bound to marry, he knows trouble is headed his way.... And everything he ever swore to uphold may very well come undone, especially his heart.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Eva Devon (P)2022 Tantor

Narration was awful

I almost didn't listen to this book just because the narrator. The story is really good.

Lovely story

Nice story... The 2 leads were totally opposite... Could have been a little shorter at times seemed to be extra information that wasn't really needed

Good

An enjoyable read and listen. There was very little outside drama, just internal demons that needed to be fought. I liked both characters, and their story. I loved what Derek did as his moonlighting gig, and would have loved to have seen more of the sister, she seemed like a good character. I hope that she gets her own book. I'm not sure that the epilogue felt very realistic to me, but I was happy with their ending.

Great story not my favorite narrator

I loved the story, but feel like the experience would have been better with a different narrator

Painful

This was painfully wordy! I wasted too much time on this book. And the narrator was off. I couldn’t put my finger on the reason why. Maybe she was equally as bored and annoyed having to read this book.

VERY GOOD

Loved these characters & storyline. I only wished there were more compromises on the female lead’s side. For as great of a guy the male lead was she seemed to dominate him & set aside his feelings, took away his male need to protect the ones he loved. It would have been nice to have a little more distinction for the male voices, I was confused at times of who was talking with the same female voice in narratives but narrator was excellent.

A sweet easy read

This was a easy to listen to, sweet historical romance. The Duke of chase thinks he is going to be the rescuer of a damsel in distress only to find that she is a fiery lioness of a women, and instead she saves him from his own past. It’s a perfect quick read, with lively characters, though it was slow in certain parts 7.5/10 would recommend.

Story was basically good. Narrator ruined it for me.

The story was somewhat good. A bit drawn out at times. But, it was hard to really tell about anything positive. The narrator was way off. I struggled to give it 3 stars.

Boring

The story got on my nerves. For me, books are a small escape from reality. This was not that. There's nothing truly historical about this book. With a few changes (names, dates, and clothing) it could be set in 2024.

Fantastic story!

Loved it from start to finish! Great characters, interesting story line. Narrator was enjoyable with lovely voice.