A Match Made in Bed by Cathy Maxwell
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A Match Made in Bed by Cathy Maxwell

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells In A Match Made in Bed, the second instalment of Cathy Maxwell’s Spinster Heiresses series, attention turns to Miss Cassandra Holwell, the tall, bookish daughter of a rather bombastic MP. Like her two friends –…

Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas
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Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells One of my favourite characters from the Ravenels series has been Dr. Garrett Gibson. She’s loosely based on the actual first female doctor in Britain, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. In Hello Stranger, the fictional Garrett gets…

If Ever I Should Love You by Cathy Maxwell
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If Ever I Should Love You by Cathy Maxwell

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells Given my disappointment with Cathy Maxwell’s last series (Marrying the Duke), I wasn’t sure I was going to read or listen to any of her new Spinster Heiresses novels, but Mary Jane Wells’ name on…

Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
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Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

Narrated by Alex Wyndham, Billie Fulford-Brown, Morag Sims, Gary Furlong, Derek Perkins, Greg Wagland, Antony Ferguson, Jane Copland and Mary Jane Wells Last Christmas in Paris is a beautifully written, superbly narrated epistolary novel which centres around the correspondence exchanged…

The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
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The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells Tessa Dare’s The Duchess Deal is the first book in her new Girl Meets Duke series, and – oh, joy! – it’s narrated by Mary Jane Wells. Her ability to bring out the humour in…

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
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Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells I think it’s fair to say that Devil in Spring is the most highly anticipated historical romance of 2017. I know that I – along with practically every other fan of the author and the…

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Four Weddings and a Sixpence by Julia Quinn, Laura Lee Guhrke, Elizabeth Boyle, Stefanie Sloane

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells I’m not a big fan of anthologies or novellas in general, because I find there are few authors who really understand how to use the shorter form to greatest effect, and I most often come…

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A Date at the Altar by Cathy Maxwell

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells It’s no secret that I’ve been rather disappointed with the previous books in Cathy Maxwell’s Marrying the Duke series; my reviews of The Match of the Century and The Fairest of Them All have praised…

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The Fairest of Them All by Cathy Maxwell

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells I’m going to confess upfront that the only reason I chose to listen to this second book in Cathy Maxwell’s Marrying the Duke series, The Fairest of Them All, is because Mary Jane Wells is…