Great plot - beautifully presented …

From start to finish the story holds you in its spell -
And is beautifully presented by a great narrator….

Thank you for these hours of delight I enjoyed.

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Strongly drawn characters

I liked that the good guys were virtuous and the baddy was a villain. Well structured story.

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Romance and thriller

I tried this on a whim and so glad I did. It's a mixture of a regency romance with detective work thrown in.

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Good story line and well delivered

What a lovely listen. Good balance and enough twists and turns. Like a good tv series.

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Another brilliant read!

Stella Riley and Alex Wyndham keep knocking it out of the park! I hope we hear from the other three of Kit's set!

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Captivating love and revenge story

A romance, mystery and revenge story masterly written by Stella Riley and exquisitely narrated by Alex Wyndham. After the first few minutes of listening, I was already hooked on the story and found it very difficult to stop listening and go about my work.

Stella Riley’s Georgian era character collection is enriched with two wonderful new characters, Sophia and Kit, who take their deserved place among the other noble characters we met in the Rockliffe and Brandon Brothers series. It is always a pleasure to meet some of the well-known characters of these novels at the balls and assemblies of the London season or even see them involved in action on behalf of Kit.

The book is a balanced blend of emotional depths moments, witty dialogues, funny to hilarious scenes, tender love, mystery and tension. From the very beginning, we know that something terrible happened to Kit. After his return, he suffers because of it, has nightmares, cannot hire a valet and doesn’t want to talk about it. You can’t stop guessing what horrific experiences he suffered during his captivity. The suspense and tension are increasing over the chapters, until we are finally revealed the cause behind Kit’s nightmares.
The revenge in more cunning than bloody, in line with Kit’s character. And what a wonderful gang of friends to support him in implementing his revenge plan.

Alex Wyndham is a master of portraying characters through his voice and makes the narration highly enjoyable.

I warmly recommend the audiobook to fans of historical romance and mysteries. Let yourself transported back into the last third of the 18th century and immerse yourself in the life of Georgian aristocracy with nights at White’s and Sinclair’s, balls and an improvised pleasure garden in Berkeley square.

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Don’t Read This Book, First…!

…Unless you have read at least one of Ms Riley’s previous historical romance series! Start with the Rockliffe.series. You HAVE TO!

Not that you won’t love and enjoy this on it’s own (I’m sure that it’s the beginning of yet another fabulous series), but it’s richer and even more enjoyable because this is peppered with cameos, which, because they’re interwoven so seamlessly, embraces us within the Stella Riley universe.

Christian has been absent from home for 5 years. 3 of those years were unscheduled. When he unexpectedly returns, fortuitously gate crashing a ball being held in his own home, to announce the betrothal of his fiancée to his cousin, this unravels a chain of events, which are psychological, emotional, and vengeful as a result!

Despite being a potentially grim story, Ms Riley has covered this scenario with wonderful insight

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Superb

From the toe curling narration of Alex Wyndham to the wonderful cover, this audiobook is first rate. Delicious characters and a great plot. I loved it!

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As always, the perfect pairing

I had just finished rereading Stella Riley's excellent prose, then plunged straight into Alex Wyndham's narration of the same. It is testament to his skill and professionalism that I was immediately immersed in the story again - I think everyone has spoken about that lovely velvety voice, but he brings so much more to the story. Certain emphases, certain inflections, made me think differently about some passages and he is so good at delivering humorous remarks, dialogue bristling with contention, and the difficult love story which runs through the book. An absolute winner for me, I thoroughly recommend it.

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Compelling start to a new series

Alex Wyndham is a very good narrator, however the differentiation between the male voices could maybe be greater, so that it is easier to tell which character is speaking.
Stella Riley is able to tell an interesting story and the PTSD suffered by the main character was effectively portrayed. I’m looking forward to reading about the others in this close friendship group and getting glimpses of cross-over characters from her other series.

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