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The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne

Narrated by Derek Perkins Kerrigan Byrne’s brand of slightly darker, high-stakes romances featuring larger-than-life, dangerously sexy heroes and the women who love them has proved to be a hit with readers and listeners alike. Her Victorian Rebels books comprise one…

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An Interview with Narrator Derek Perkins

Over the past few years, Derek Perkins (website and Facebook) has become one of my (fairly small list of) go-to narrators for romance. I frequently bemoan the scarcity of good, male narrators of historical romance –the dearth doesn’t seem quite…

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Wild Wicked Scot by Julia London

Narrated by Derek Perkins I confess straight out that I’m not the world’s biggest fan of books with the word “Scot” or “Highlander” in the title as the majority of those I’ve read have seemed to have identical plots and…

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The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne

Narrated by Derek Perkins The Highlander is the third book in Kerrigan Byrne’s popular Victorian Rebels series, a dark, richly woven tale of a man trying to come to terms with his brutal past and a woman who has been…

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The Hunter by Kerrigan Byrne

Narrated by Derek Perkins In this second book in her Victorian Rebels series, Kerrigan Byrne delivers another dark, lushly romantic tale featuring a deeply flawed hero who is most ably brought to life by Derek Perkins in another accomplished and…

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The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne

Narrated by Derek Perkins The first in a new series of historical romances set in the Victorian era, The Highwayman is a darkly intense story that has a real “old-skool” feel about it. It’s angsty and perhaps a bit melodramatic…

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Captured by a Laird by Margaret Mallory

Narrated by Derek Perkins Albert Einstein defined insanity as being the act of “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Well, I’ve said several times that “Highlander” stories aren’t really my cup of tea, yet…

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Vienna Waltz by Teresa Grant

Narrated by Derek Perkins Vienna Waltz is a real treat for fans of meaty, intricately plotted and well-researched historical fiction. Set during the Congress of Vienna in 1814, when the ambassadors from the major powers in Europe – Britain, Austria, Prussia,…

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Knight of Desire by Margaret Mallory

Narrated by Derek Perkins Knight of Desire is a medieval romance set in a period that I haven’t come across very often in historical romance – the time immediately following the usurpation of the English throne by Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV)….