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The Duchess
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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In this lush novel, Bertrice Small has created a moving story of consuming passion and undeniable love set against the noble splendor of Georgian England....
As the daughter of the richest man in England, Allegra Morgan attracts a number of fortune hunters willing to overlook her flawed pedigree to gain her enormous wealth. Her most ardent suitor is the arrogant but impoverished Quinton Hunter, duke of Sedgwick, who has little to offer a prospective wife except his grand title. Allegra decides that if she must marry, she might as well be a duchess. So she agrees to the match with one condition: her husband must never ask for her love. She has seen the misery love can cause and has vowed to give her heart to no man - especially a dangerously alluring duke.
Quinton is dazzled by his new wife's grace and fortitude, as well as the fierce desire that rages between them. Despite his best intentions, he finds himself falling in love with her. Then the terrors of the French Revolution hit close to home, and the two of them set off on a treacherous adventure that could cost them everything...including their final chance at happiness.
Contains mature themes.
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Jasmine had been forced into marriage twice. Rebelling at King James's decree that she wed Jemmie Leslie, fifth earl of Glenkirk, she fled to France with her children. But her youngest, the illegitimate offspring of Jasmine's lover, Prince Henry Stuart, is also the king's only grandson. Now the man coming after her and her little boy is the man she both fears and desires....
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LOVING THESE SURPRISE BERTRICE SMALL DROPS!!!
- By JuJu on 12-09-20
By: Bertrice Small
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The Innocent
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
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Deceptively fragile-looking, Eleanore of Ashlin had promised her life to God...until fate intervened. With her brother's untimely death, Eleanore - known as Elf to those who love her - becomes the heiress of an estate vital to England's defenses. She is ordered by royal command to wed one of the king's knights rather than take her final vows. With resistant heart, but ever obedient to King Stephen's will, she complies.
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Well written!
- By CHW on 03-06-21
By: Bertrice Small
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The Spitfire
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
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The year is 1483. Just as beautiful Lady Arabella Grey, the young cousin of England's King Richard III, speaks her wedding vows to Sir Jasper Keane, the Scotsman Tavis Stewart, Earl of Dunmore, abducts Arabella as payment for Jasper's murder of his fiancee. Irresistibly, deliciously, Arabella surrenders to her enemy with fierce abandon - knowing that there may be only one way to get what is rightfully hers....
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excellent
- By Jayme Spencer on 12-24-20
By: Bertrice Small
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Love, Remember Me
- Wyndham Saga Series, Book 2
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
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Scandalizing all of England, Henry has his marriage annulled, for the queen cannot meet the bawdy desires of the insatiable king. Henry seeks a spirited, lusty new wife - and eyes the beautiful Nyssa. But in a land rife with conspiracy and rebellion, there are those in secret power determined to thwart Henry's intentions. A drugged Nyssa awakens in the arms of the notorious rake Varian de Winter. Her virtue destroyed, the outraged king orders them to wed.
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Terrible narrator, boring, toneless, sing-song
- By smaller on 08-30-23
By: Bertrice Small
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A Moment in Time
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
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Young Wynne of Gwernach has no dreams of marriage. Innocent and pure of heart, she believes that love is an illusion. Instead, she devotes herself to managing the great family estate nestled in the raw beauty of Wales, vowing to protect it and her younger brother until he comes of age to inherit. And then Madoc of Powys enters into her life, claiming his betrothal to Wynne when she was a babe. Madoc is both feared and worshipped throughout the land, for his family's power is said to stem from Merlin himself.
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Bertrice Small is one of my favorite storytellers!
- By ➷➹➸❥HFB🔹🔹🔹 on 09-26-23
By: Bertrice Small
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To Love Again
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Shiloh Grey
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
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Beautiful, headstrong, and defiant, Cailin Drusus possesses the pride of her Celtic-born mother, though she has been reared amid her Roman father's wealth and privilege. When Cailin's family is destroyed and their farmland seized, she marries Wulf Ironfist, a Saxon of enormous strength and power - a gentle giant who opens the door to a world of heady sensuality. But her happiness is short-lived.
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incomplete
- By Anita Moran on 02-15-21
By: Bertrice Small
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A Memory of Love
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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Spirited, iron-willed Rhonwyn is the bastard child of the Prince of Wales, raised more boy than girl, able to ride and fight with the best. Against her wishes, she is married off to an English lord, Edward de Beaumont, who is stunned to discover that his lovely gilt-haired bride is a fiery wildcat with a mind of her own. Slowly, he wins her trust and her heart, and she accompanies him on the Crusades to North Africa. But when Edward falls ill, Rhonwyn boldly leads his troops, only to become a captive of the sensual Emir of Cinnebar, a man who will teach her the ways of erotic love.
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A fun little trashy romp...
- By Skylar romo on 04-27-21
By: Bertrice Small
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The Border Lord's Bride
- Border Chronicles, Book 2
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
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Duncan Armstrong, laird of Duffdour, had sworn never to wed unless it was to a lass he truly loved. But when he needs a favor from King James, Duncan never expects what he's forced to pay in return: the taking of a bride he neither loves nor desires. When Highland heiress Ellen MacArther's marriage plans are thwarted by a murder attempt, she has no choice but to beg the king for help. The cost for her urgent plea: to surrender her heritage and become a border lord's bride.
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Sigh- there are no words-
- By barbara ann on 03-26-22
By: Bertrice Small
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Lara
- World of Hetar, Book 1
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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For Lara, a half faerie, half human, her beauty's a blessing and a curse. Sold into a Pleasure House by her father, she commits herself to a lifetime of servitude. But even in a place where pleasure is not censured but encouraged, her otherworldly beauty proves too much for her suitors. When Lara escapes, she's introduced to a new way of life, and an incredible man who opens her eyes to the growing unrest among their people, and the extraordinary destiny that awaits her. She will journey the depths of desire and despair to find a love that will last an eternity.
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I would not listen around others
- By A on 08-13-20
By: Bertrice Small
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Deceived
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Baker
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Golden-haired Aurora Kimberly possesses only one passion - to live a simple life on the lush island paradise bequeathed to her family by the English Crown. Now her peace is about to be threatened by the appearance of Valerian Hawkesworth, duke of Farminster, who has arrived to claim his own prize - an heiress promised to him in a marriage contract.
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Great listen and captivating story!
- By VT on 02-19-21
By: Bertrice Small
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Unconquered
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
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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.
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Unconquered!!
- By Sonia N. Choto on 03-29-23
By: Bertrice Small
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The Love Slave
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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It is no act of love that Regan experiences the night she takes her sister's place in the marriage bed, a counterfeit bride to sate the lust of her twin's new husband. Come morning, her sister, carrying another man's child, resumes her place, and Regan is spirited away to a nunnery. But a more exotic fate awaits the fiery Celtic beauty: Regan is sold to a slave trader. It will be her destiny to come under the tutelage of Karim al Malina, master of the erotic arts, who will mold Regan - now renamed Zaynab, the beautiful one - into a love slave fit for a Moorish king.
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THANK YOU!, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AUDIBLE!!!!!!! :D
- By Empress Moonchild on 07-12-21
By: Bertrice Small
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The Dragon Lord's Daughters
- By: Bertrice Small
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
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Meet the daughters of King Arthur's descendant, Merlin Pendragon: Averil: She may be the lord's eldest - and illegitimate-daughter, but Averil knows her dazzling beauty can buy her what she wants most: marriage to a great and powerful lord. Maia: As the legitimate heiress with a hefty dowry, Maia can have any man she chooses, namely Emrys Llyn, a descendant of Lancelot and the Lady of the Lake. Junia: As charming as she is irrepressible, Junia is the lord's youngest daughter. Junia is content to roam the countryside, where she can be alone with Richard de Bohun.
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Three daughters Three stories!
- By Paul Vasquez on 02-02-22
By: Bertrice Small
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- Nellie B
- 08-22-23
Loved!
I really loved this story. it was fun and gave a triumphant feeling. The characters were nicely portrayed and their relationships seemed genuine. I love the way this author describes acts of passion. Narrator was good but I had to increase the listening speed to 1.10x It seemed to help give the narrator a more youthful voice and made the reading flow more smoothly.
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- Regular
- 07-12-23
Loved it!
After coming off of reading a very heavily emotional book, I found this one delightful . It was just what I needed. I loved the Duke, every girl’s dream.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-10-24
The story was good & performance poor
This story was not as great as the Sky O’Malley series. The performers pronunciation, reading without feelings, and her flat tone of voice made the lead character disdainful.
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- August
- 05-23-23
Very nice
I enjoyed. It’s called fantasy. It’s not a documentary! Lovely story! Thank you Ms. Small for adding so many of your novels to the membership library!
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- Lou Lou H.
- 09-11-23
Enjoyable
I always enjoy Bertrice Small books. Narrator Ruth Urquhart is one of my favorites. On to my next book by this Author!
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- Pamela DeCuir
- 04-09-24
Not up to Smalls Standard
Whether it's the storyline or the narrator, this book just doesn't compare to the many others I have read by this author. Sad.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-22-23
Slow paced boring story...
I found the main character nothing but a spoiled girl who has been handed everything. I did not like the story as it's really slow paced.
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- Cynthia Pizano
- 02-21-23
Drawn Out
This is the longest drawn out story ever. I have 5 hours left and I just can’t.
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- Jaime
- 02-01-23
Heroine annoying
17 and acts 17. I found it very hard to relate to the heroine. She’s an annoying brat that acts and talks like a toddler. The narrator is great but the actual story is meh. I didn’t finish, had 3 hours left and couldn’t take it anymore
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- Anonymous User
- 03-04-23
Too long, too detailed, too simple, too too.
SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!
I don’t like to spoil the story for people but this time I find I can’t give my full opinion without giving some of the plot away. I apologize. Please don’t read all of my review if you decide to listen to this book.
If you are interested in the foods served in the George III period then this is the book for you. The author goes through every menu and recipe served at every meal either at home or somewhere else that these people sit down to. Then she comments on how these characters have problems staying in proper shape! With all the sauces, butter, cream and courses it is not a wonder! Also, if you are interested in the clothes of the time you might also enjoy some of the opinions on fashion. There isn’t as much information on clothing as there is on food but these two topics must take up at least a quarter of the narration, none of which expands the plot.
ALERT! And why did the author take us on that excursion to France? Here is this big build up to kidnapping a woman, her children and her servants from the French Revolution and Madame Le Guillotine and taking the womenfolk with them including the heroine’s personal maid and they end up killing off the villain without batting an eye and getting home without a scratch … and then we never hear about her again. I think the author related this episode so she could write the rape scenes this woman goes through and truthfully, it again adds nothing to the plot. Rape is vicious and criminal and I don’t want to read about the details or in this case, hear about the details, of this abhorrent happening. And, again, it takes up to a quarter of the book without moving the plot forward.
And then, just as you are getting to see the heroine actually grow up and becoming an adult, she turns around and throws a temper tantrum like a two year old because her father and his wife, her aunt, are going to have a child “to replace her” and take away their doting feelings for her. PLEEZE …. She cries, she picks fights with her husband, she won’t accept his feelings when he says he loves her and it doesn’t matter whether they have her inheritance or not, and finally takes off for London by herself because she thinks she can’t get pregnant like everyone around her even after her husband points out that they have to be in the same place for her to get preggers. PLEEZE! GROW UP!!
And then she finds out she is pregnant and within maybe 5 or 6 pages the story ends with a synopsis of their future lives and the 6 or 7 kids they have and how their love keeps them ecstatically happy and will in the future. YECK!
Now to the narrator. She is an excellent reader and deserves high praise especially since you could not discern any laughter on her part as she read and acted this drivel. I have heard her before and she is very professional and good. Too bad her script this time wasn’t up to
her talent.
I always finish a book if I am going to critique it so that is why I’ve finished this book. At this point I will not whine about the hours of listening I lost and will never get back.
Don’t waste your time. It isn’t worth it and you will only regret your lost time.
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