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Unconquered

By: Bertrice Small
Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
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Brilliant, outspoken, willful - no one dared challenge stunning Miranda's wild ways....

Except Jared Dunham. Betrothed to this wildcat in a pact that allowed Miranda to remain mistress of her ancestral home off the New England coast, the roguish merchant-adventurer turns his wife's burning rage to searing ecstasy as he fires her most wanton desires.

But times are dangerous - Napoleon is plundering the continents and seas. Miranda's spirited ways and breathtaking sensuality will plunge her into perilous escapades of brutality and discovery - from the war-torn Crimea and a savage slave-breeding farm to a terrifying capture and a grueling trek to Istanbul.

In Miranda Dunham, Beatrice Small has crafted a lusty, legendary heroine to rival the infamous Skye O'Malley. Unconquered is a breathless novel of sensual daring and fiery adventure - and a heroine who surrenders to nothing except her destiny.

Contains mature themes.

©1995 Bertrice Small (P)2021 Tantor Historical Historical Fiction Adventure Romance
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A reviewer on GoodReads said this book was a tumultuous whirlwind... of absolutely nothing. Another person I know said Small thew in everything but the kitchen sink for this one. I am sorry to say I have to agree. No amount of mellifluous narrating could distract from the fact that this book had 8 different books smushed into one. It’s one subplot-made-main-plot after another following two characters who were... very difficult to love or root for. What made it worse was that everyone was horrible in a sort of twisted backhanded way to everyone else and that made it exhausting. So much so that this took me WEEKS to finish, when I typically devour anything Alex Wyndham narrates in... about a day.

And don’t even get me started on the abduction, slave breeding, raping, necrophilia-ing, inscesty, adulterous, homophobic, Russiaphobia INSANITY that was 60% of this novel.

There is so much to unpack with what is wrong with this book I really don’t think I can write it all. There were the occasional moments of brightness and I guess both Jared and Miranda did demonstrate SOME personal growth...? But at the end of their... adventure (?) they were still engaging in petty games and calling each other names and I was just not down for it.

I will freely admit, the spectacle this listening experience was a sort of spectacle in a perverse sort of way... so much so that I’d probably listen to another Bertice Small if Wyndham narrated. *I am face palming myself preemptively after writing that*

Some people may love this sort of story—if you are someone who loves the sound of epic, senseless madness then I HIGHLY recommend this. It is insane. It is almost not a historical romance though, so be prepared. Gird your loins listeners. Gird. Your Loins.

Alex Wyndham got me through this.

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