the narrator lets the book down

I've read this book many times and have enjoyed it v much the narrator has this deeply affected flat tone. it was not well done

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Well worth a listen.....😉💕

I am a sucker for this type of book so I enjoyed it even though it felt a little slow in parts and a bit predictable!!

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4+4 ?

Perfect story and narration. A titillating balance of sizzling tension and great banter and chemistry between the MCs. Ugh yummy little slow burn .10/10 would recommend, (🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 open-door).

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Excellent Narrations

I absolutely loved this book, the characters were well written and performed. It was easy to cheer them on because they had such perfect chemistry .

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sadly it descended into every overused trope going 😬

I liked the premise & there were some really good parts... except the glasses bit! That nonsense went out of fashion in the 90s... can we please not try to revive it!

Glasses do NOT take away from anyone's beauty...

I liked the slow burn, I liked that he really started seeing her, taking notice & even if it was self-serving, that he started treating her a lot better & through that they built up a friendship.

However... that couldn't save it for me as all the overused tropes went into full force.

I liked that she started standing up for herself, but more often than not, she came across as more shrewish than assertive & she took offense to the littlest thing.

Sorry, but no one owes you their affection simply because you fancy them & this is exactly what it boiled down to...

It was quite clear from the beginning that she was always quite dowdy in her dress sense, that she was barely able to speak in his presence & that she hid from him a lot... yet, she was expecting him to take notice when she was doing everything to fade into the background, was kinda stalkery & she takes offence that that's exactly how he saw her... stick insect on a leaf sounds accurate 🤷‍♀️

That she treated the dance lessons as her due even though he was in no way obliged to help...

That she was desolate, destitute & he gave her, a woman (that wouldn't have been commonplace in that era) not only a chance, but security, a job, a roof over her head, chaperones & she doesn't even agree to at least stay until the museum is opened, is both graceless & ungrateful on her part, IMO!

& she doesn't even have any guarantees for her future which makes her foolish not brave in my eyes 🫤




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pet hate... authors writing regency romance as though it were the modern era.

It neither makes sense nor is it romantic for a woman to refuse a marriage proposal in that era... "because he doesn't love me" 🙄 it's moronic.

I prefer my heroines to be a lot more practical with a good head on their shoulders...

Those were VERY different times, women had no rights whatsoever, life wasn't fun nor easy for women in general, but especially women without family & fortune... love in those circumstances would've been considered a luxury... at best you could hope for a man who didn't mistreat you!

Also a child out of wedlock, even a Duke's child would've had a horrible time growing up & would've been ostracised regardless... so that makes that option nonsensical!

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Good story well told

A stiff and starchy duke and a retiring but well traveled blue stocking. It sounds so predictable but isn't.

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Unexpected twists and turns

I looked at the cover and thought I will just skip read another sexually
Explicit account of a daft ducal carry-on. All aristocracy on best behaviour and stupid. When it involved a collection of artefacts for
A duke by a..young dowdy woman in glasses the story gathered pace
and became strangely interesting. I was fascinated by this book and
thought it was amazing. The end was so unexpected. It is the cleverest
Amazon historical Romance I have read. Great.. Thankyou.. MG

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A very enjoyable, sweet romance

A lovely well constructed story with interesting characters, sweet romance & none of the gratuitous extended boring sex scenes which too often can ruin a good story. Highly recommended.

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