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The Fugitive Heiress

By: Amanda Scott
Narrated by: Carmela Corbett
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Summary

Fleeing a proposal and in search of a fortune, one headstrong young lady moves to London to play the high-stakes game of love. Catheryn Westering has no intention of marrying her respectable but boring cousin, Edmund Caston, and her aunt and uncle have no intention of giving her access to her newly discovered fortune. Daringly, she rushes to London to appeal to her distant, very attractive kinsman, the Earl of Dambroke, for help.

Before Dambroke knows it, she's become an essential part of his household: an eager participant in the London social whirl; a protege of his mother; a confidante to his spoilt sister and his mischievous younger brother; and a thorn in the masterful Earl's side. But London is a dangerous place, and although Dambroke frequently objects to Catheryn's "interference" in his family and social affairs, is it possible that, beneath his exasperation, much warmer feelings for Catheryn have already ignited?

©1981 Lynne Scott-Drennan (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance England
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If you hire somebody to read an audiobook set in England, you should at least make sure they have some idea of how to pronounce English proper nouns!

I would have left this at a single-star review, solely for the performance, if it were up to me, but overall is required, so I gave that 3, to be charitable to the author. I cannot, however, tell you whether the story itself is any good: I couldn't get far enough to find out, because the narrator was making me wish I could throw my phone at the wall within the first 3 minutes.

Here's a tip: the first syllable of Berkshire should rhyme with "dark". Not "irk".

Cringing within the first few minutes.

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This book is a far cry from Georgette Heyerdahl. It is poorly constructed and the delivery is stilted and monosyllabic. A disappointing experience

Disappointing

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I found the reader rather annoying with the pronouncing of some words and rather bland reading.

Disappointing !

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I really enjoy Regency novels: mystery, adventure, crime, romance and all things in between. This story has it all! From behaviours at Eton to autocratic behaviours at the finest homes. From injured war heroes to overindulged debutantes. The scandalous waltz to the scandalous Caro Lamb. From misunderstood Trusts to abductions!

This novel has it all, told in a seamless, intriguing manner. Nothing is out of place or forced - a steady series of ‘a day in the life of’ events.

Engaging characters, annoying characters, absurd characters and charming characters. Not to mention the bullying, shady, devious, underhand, sly, silly and spoilt characters too.

A whole Regency world is here! It’s marked down for 2 reasons:
Performance - Carmela Corbett occasionally pauses in the middle of a sentence. She does it enough times for it to be noticeable. However, she manages all accents and genders really well.
Story - Whilst I have no doubt that it was the way of that world. I truly didn’t enjoy the frequent use of abuse and the threat of it, against women and children. It spoilt the narrative for me. It was a sad, I enlightened time.

Goodish story - sad reflection of the times

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The narrator's constant and irritating mispronounciation spoilt this book for me. The story is reminiscent of Georgette Heyer but without the wit and humour.

Traditional Regency

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