To Marry a Morgan

Pathways to Romance, Book 1

De: Cinnamon Worth

Narrado por: Megan Green

A secret, an unseen witness, and a misunderstanding threaten to keep apart two people who have loved each other their entire lives. When these barriers to love are finally lifted, can she overcome her own insecurities and finally see the truth?

Racked with guilt and blaming himself for his brother’s death, Phillip Heartford left his ancestral home five years ago.

After losing the love of her life, the beautiful Allison Morgan is resentful and angry. She has rejected countless suitors, and now, in the middle of her third season, she may be out of options.

Allison’s younger sister Julia is an ugly duckling. At least that is how she sees it. Although a happy marriage seems out of her reach, she hopes to one day live a quiet life as a spinster. If she cannot have her own fairy-tale ending, she is determined to do anything to help her sister and her dear friend, Phillip, find their happiness.

Little does Julia know that Phillip has always loved her. Unfortunately, he believes that it was this love that caused his brother’s death and destroyed Julia’s chance for happiness. He must now take a bride. Having convinced himself that his brother would want him to protect Julia, Phillip intends to become her brother by marrying Allison.

Returning home to fulfill his duty, will Phillip be able to follow his conscience or will his heart interfere?

To Marry a Morgan can be listened to as a stand-alone romance, though it is part of a sweet Regency series. It is a childhood-friends and second-chance romance.

©2019 Genevieve Frederick (P)2019 Genevieve Frederick

Sisters and Childhood Friends...

Great story about the bond between sisters, courting rituals and the childhood friendships with a historical background. A great light read.

Short and cute historical romance

I love historical romance. It’s been awhile since I’ve read one and this one was adorable. It was very predictable but I still really liked it.

The narrator was good. I didn’t like her voice for Phillip but everything else was great.

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To Marry a Morgan

A really fun story with the confusion of who they really love and may want to marry. I really enjoyed listening to this story with some great narration. The accents were perfect.

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The right sister

Philip has always loved Julia but guilt over his brothers death he feels he must marry his brother's betrothed, Julias sister. Her sister is bitter and refuses. Julia is bereft because she wants Philip but he keeps telling her she is a friend. Philip needs to make a choice, will it be the right one? Complimentary audio, volunteered to review.

Enjoyable story, narrator not great

I enjoyed this story, the plot was complete and kept my interest. I wasn’t impressed with the narrator. Her voice has a faint lisp and I didn’t enjoy her. She did a decent job with change in voice for different characters.

Sweet historical

Philip Heartford never wanted to step foot in his ancestral lands again after the death of his brother. But as the new lord of the manor, he must return and take a wife. But he can’t just pick any girl at the garden party, he believes he must atone for his sins by marrying the woman his brother once loved, Allison Morgan.

Julia Morgan has always been in her beautiful sister Allison’s shadow and has contented herself with being a spinster, too ill suited for marriage. She would once have married a certain Mr. Heartford, but he made it clear he intends on righting old wrongs by taking Allison to be his bride. So ever the dutiful sister and friend, Julia plays match maker.

Allison despises Philip and Philip is annoyed by Allison’s refusal of him. Yet Julia works hard to unite them, if only to see her elder sister wed before she becomes a spinster too. Entangled lives lead to a mess as the English countryside echoes with wedding bells.

So, this isn’t my first Cinnamon Worth book. I enjoy her short, sweet historicals and the small touches she puts into them to make them believable. They’re all full of balls and gardens and secret meetings between lovers. Her pieces were basically made for the playful voice of Megan Green who has the perfect accent for period pieces like this one.

Phillip is wounded and prideful, too wrapped up in himself to see how he comes off. He bosses poor Julia around and proposes to Allison like, “You’re old and nobody’s going to marry you. Marry me and you’ll live on the country estate alone, taking care of my land while I go have fun in London…wait, where are you going? Why didn’t you accept?” He was a little on the dense side sometimes, but once more of the story is revealed, you see why he’s so forcefully detached and forgive him.

Julia was a gem, and in my opinion. She has a low opinion of herself, thinking she’s too “fat” and ugly compared to Allison, which is why she’s all too happy to buy herself a little cottage to live out her days. Her heart is too big for high society and the pressures that come with it. By the first few chapters, I was firmly on her side and wanted to scream at her to go find her happiness, since out of everyone in the book, she deserved it the most.

Overall, I enjoyed this story, brought to life by the ever talented Megan Green and suggest regency lovers take a peak.

Actually Pretty Good

I got this story via audiobook boom and this is my voluntary review. I begin listening to this story with a low opinion but as the story progressed I began to enjoy it. I did not like the sister at first but she was not at all as she appeared. She was actually looking out for her sister. The secondary characters really made the story especially the uncle and the hero's best friend. Although this story seemed to end on a cliffhanger it actually was a complete story with just enough at the end to make you want to know what happens in the next book. That to me is how author's should write series stories if they are going to peek the listener's ear for the next story. Ending in a cliffhanger makes me feel as if I have wasted my time. But this story was not like that. The narrator was good.

Sweet Clean Romance!

I enjoyed this story set in the Regency time period. I liked Julia and felt for her in her insecurity, especially since she had such a gorgeous sister. It was nice to have a heroine who's not a size 2, though she was self-conscious about her weight. I loved that Phillip encouraged her to eat sweets; that was a cute scene. Phillip, too, was a wonderful character, honorable and caring, though a bit misguided in what he thought was best. I loved that he rescued a kitten and kept it; that was so sweet! There were a few cute moments between Phillip and Julia but I did wish for a bit more to show how they felt. I had to listen to the book at 1.5 speed as normal speed felt way too slow. The narrator was okay; I've listened to others with British accents I've liked better. This was a clean read. There was mention of God but it's not meant to be a Christian story. If you like Regency stories, you'll probably like this one.

I received an Audible copy of this story from StoryOrigin. I was not compensated for this review. All opinions are my own.

For duty or love

A sweet, historical romance where it is clear from the beginning that poor Phillip is weighted down by duty and responsibility and only later in the book do we come to find out why. I can't help but love Phillip just a little in that he never does lie about his feelings but since he does get caught in little white lies when the truth needs to be believed those that matter struggle with his honesty. Overall I felt that this was a sweet, on the shorter side historical romance that will give you a feel good HEA! Also...I loved the narration - I don't know why I think that historical romances should have accents so I was pleased when this one did (thank you)!

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Very well done!

Ms Worth has written a delightful romance. The characters are all well drawn and loveable. The dialogue is simply terrific and the hero and heroine are honest with their feelings without a lot of 'does he/she, doesn't he/ she' going on to muddy up this lovely plot. The descriptions are graphic making you feel as if you are right there and can see the surroundings. She is able to set the mood with well chosen words.
Ms Green does an excellent job with the narration. Her reading flows so smoothly not going too fast or slow. She is also able to show the emotions of the characters adding to the wonderful writing of Ms Worth. Ms Green also changes her voice so expertly for each character and contains this throughout the story.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a sweet clean romance.
I received this audio book from the author and this is my honest voluntary review.