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What a Gentleman Wants

Reece Family Trilogy, Book 1

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What a Gentleman Wants

By: Caroline Linden
Narrated by: Heather Wilds
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Two strangers are swept into a sizzling, spellbinding world of daring deception and unexpected passion...

Marcus Reese, Duke of Exeter, has spent most of his life pulling his twin brother out of trouble. A thank you would suffice; instead, his resentful sibling forges his name to a marriage license and presents him with an unwanted wife. She's a vicar's widow with a mind of her own, and the first person in Marcus's well-ordered life to make him feel...completely out of control.

Dire straits have led Hannah to the altar with a gentleman she hardly knows. Played for a fool, she's embarrassed, furious, and worse, married to an equally outraged, exasperating man who unleashes all manner of emotions in her - not to mention unwanted desire. Reluctantly, Hannah agrees to play the wife until he can sort out the mess. But the undeniably attractive Duke unsettles her well-guarded heart - making her want to do so much more than "act" the role of blissful bride...

©2006 P. F. Belsley (P)2019 Tantor Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Women's Fiction Marriage Heartfelt
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Caroline Linden writes a fairly decent romance, good enough to overlook the American words which can jar - stairs for steps, and vice versa, gotten, foyer and parlour. However the reader really spoiled a decent book: she used a stilted, mechanical tone, pausing after every few words and ending each phrase with an upward inflection which makes for an unsettling listen. On the plus side, she did pronounce words correctly. There are so many brilliant readers/audio performers out there, and audiobooks are increasingly popular, so please use people who know how to tell a good story - and can pronounce things correctly!

Decent story, ruined by the narrator

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This must be THE BEST OF ITS KIND in a long time !!!!

I am thrilled to have found #CarolineLinden here - SHE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL AUTHOR with a great gift - the story is enticing and spellbinding- not one dull moment - and brilliantly presented by #HeatherWilds …

From start to finish you are lost to the story and cannot stop listening -
The plot is clever and not predictable as one might think …
All the characters in the story are loveable!!!

I adored the aloof style of the narrator as it is beautifully executed!

And now I am off to PART II - I cannot wait to hear how the story continues and to meet the family again :-)

MARVELLOUS FIND…

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the narrator's staccato delivery with an upward inflection to every sentence is a really odd choice for narration & it's distracting as hell...

weird staccato narration

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A well spoken narrator who only reads in short blunt sentences. It is quite a bizarre way to narrate a book and affects the listeners overall enjoyment of the story.

A lovely regency mystery romance spoilt by...

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I loved the premise of the book and I loved the introduction of the brother's MMC. I, uhm, felt an ick with the MMC. I get that he's supposed to be portrayed as this cold-hearted and ruthless Duke but come on. Referring to the FMC's child as a bastard (he didn't have context) in front of the kid is a no-no. I dunno, he just didn't do it for me.

However, story-telling was really good and it hooked me. For spicy readers this is literally just 1/5 for 1.5 scene near the end of the book. Slooooowwww burn but I don't mind that shit since I'm in my HR binge mood.

Took off a star because in the beginning of the book it seemed like the author was going to give importance to the FMC being a single mother and that her future husband should atleast care for her 4 yo daughter. The twin brother did that but after the MMC is introduced the daughter just becomes an afterthought... <spoiler>then suddenly she gets fake kidnapped and then the MMC needs to rescue her not for the sake of the kid but for the sake of the FMC because she about to go crazy with worry for her kid</spoiler>.

I am excited about the twin brother's story though. We love a good redemption story.

Could not stop listening.

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