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How to Tame Your Duke by Juliana Gray

Narrated by Veida Dehmlow Every time I look at Audible’s list of new/upcoming releases, I see more and more new names listed among the narrators. Like many listeners, I’m fairly cautious about trying out new narrators, but fortunately for me,…

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Saving Grace by Julie Garwood

Narrated by Rosalyn Landor I thought Saving Grace  was a truly delightful story and a thoroughly engaging character-driven romance. I admit that, yes, it did have rather an anachronistic feel to it and that both Lady Johanna and her Laird were…

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Once Upon a Tower by Eloisa James

Narrated by Susan Duerden I found this rather a difficult book to rate, because it’s quite unlike most of the other historical romances I’ve read or listened to. At times, I almost forgot I was listening to a romance because…

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More Than a Stranger by Erin Knightley

Narrated by Alison Larkin More Than a Stranger began very promisingly, with the hero and heroine falling into a correspondence when they are children (and I’m a sucker for a good “friends-to-lovers” story!). Lady Evelyn Moore is close to her brother,…

For My Lady's Heart by Laura Kinsale
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For My Lady’s Heart by Laura Kinsale

Editor’s note: We have added sound samples below the review. Narrated by Nicholas Boulton Medieval romances aren’t a great favorite of mine. I will admit that I haven’t read a large number of them, but most of those I have…

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Much Ado About You by Eloisa James

Narrated by Susan Duerden First of all, I have to take my hat off to Susan Duerden for pulling off something which, to my mind, would have been quite a daunting task. In Much Ado About You, there are four…

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What the Duke Desires by Sabrina Jeffries

Narrated by Corrie James What the Duke Desires is the first in a new series of books, The Duke’s Men, by Sabrina Jeffries, and I certainly plan to read/listen to the others in the series on the strength of this one….

The Devil on Horseback by Victoria Holt

Narrated by Davina Porter I read lots of Victoria Holt’s gothic romances when I was in my twenties.  I still have several battered old paperbacks sitting on my shelves, of which The Devil on Horseback is one, although I haven’t…

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Never Kiss a Rake by Anne Stuart

Narrated by Xe Sands  Never Kiss a Rake is the first book in a new historical trilogy from Anne Stuart which features the three Russell sisters, Bryony, Maddy, and Sophie. Their father, a renowned and wealthy financier, has died suddenly and…