To Woo and to Wed

A Novel

By: Martha Waters

Narrated by: Anais Inara Chase, Joel Froomkin

The final installment in the “hilarious and steamy” (PopSugar) Regency Vows series follows the heir to a dukedom and a young widow, once very much in love, as they reunite years later to fake an engagement for the benefit of her sister.

West, the Marquess of Weston, and Sophie, Lady Fitzwilliam Bridewell, have lately been spending a considerable amount of time together. But West and Sophie are not new acquaintances. In fact, years ago, they had once been nearly engaged until West’s almost fatal curricle accident and his meddling father threw them off course.

Now recently widowed, Sophie has put aside all thoughts of romance. But when her widowed sister, Alexandra, mentions a fondness for an earl, Sophie realizes that she may be holding her sister back. Alexandra won’t move forward with an engagement until Sophie, too, settles down again, and so Sophie approaches West with a plan. They will announce their engagement and break things off once Alexandra is happily married. It’ll be simple. After all, it’s not like she is going to fall for West a second time, not when Sophie has sworn not to risk her heart again.

Heroine leaves much to be desired...

So...3/4 of the way through. Bottom line is that she f****d 2 of his friends (1 she married, 1 she had an affair after widowhood) & did it in front of him, never once sought to speak to the supposed "love of her life," & does it still knows he cares about her. Frankly, she's a vicious cold hearted b***h. He's WAY too good for her. Not romantic at all, and the so-called "true love" is wholly unbelievable. She's just an awful person: a liar, a martyr, someone without character, emotionally abusive, vainly taking advantage of his love to selfishly do whatever she wants. God did I hate this story. The other storyline from books in this series had more believable connection & affection...more of a comedy of errors with the misaligned love stories. This one seems just sad & despicably unbalanced. Hero is caring, honest, & shows up. Heroine is fickle, convinced she can control her family & his herself, and self-involved as both a martyr & a manipulator. Ugh.

Weird Male Audio

The FMC narrator had a beautiful voice, but the voice actor for the MMC sounded terrible. It sounds like a voice I would do if I were making fun of the British accent. It definitely takes away from the story.