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This modern reimagining of Persuasion is full of witty banter, romantic angst, and compelling characters as it captures the heart of the classic Jane Austen novel.
When Anne Elliott broke up with Ben Wentworth, it seemed like the right thing to do . . . but now, eight years later, she’s not so sure.
In her scenic hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Anne is comfortable focusing on her successful career: filling her late mother’s shoes as town councilor and executive director of her theater company. She certainly keeps busy as the all-around wrangler of eccentric locals, self-centered family members, elaborate festivals, and the occasional attacking goose. But the more she tries to convince herself that her life is fine as is, the more it all feels like a show—and not nearly as good as the ones put on by her theater company. She’s the always responsible Anne, always taken for granted and cleaning up after other people, and the memories of happier times with Ben Wentworth still haunt her.
So when the nearby Kellynch Winery is bought by Ben’s aunt and uncle, Anne’s world is set ablaze as her old flame crashes back into her life—and it’s clear he hasn’t forgiven her for breaking his heart. A joint project between the winery and Anne’s theater forces both Ben and Anne to confront their complicated history, and as they spend more time together, Anne can’t help but wonder if there might be hope for their future after all.
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"Jane Austen's Persuasion is beloved for its capable, introspective heroine and the quiet romantic who's been carrying a torch for her all these years . . . and Melodie Edwards delivers the same in her pitch-perfect modern retelling. Once Persuaded, Twice Shy will have you rooting for Anne to learn to live her own life, reading everything into the tiniest interaction with the one-who-got-away Ben Wentworth, and cackling at the antics of a certain theater-loving goose. I loved it!"—Alicia Thompson, bestselling author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers
“Smart, swoony and hilarious, Once Persuaded, Twice Shy was the Persuasion retelling I didn’t know I needed. I fell in love with the brilliant Anne on page one and never looked back. Utterly charming!”—Lynn Painter, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Wager
"Reading Melodie Edwards is the closest you can come to reading a modern-day Jane Austen. Fans of Austen will find Once Persuaded, Twice Shy a gorgeously romantic homage to one of history’s best second-chance romances and most relatable protagonists. Edwards’ narrative voice is exquisite, her Anne Elliot(t) perfectly rendered, her Wentworth swoonworthy, and her small-town setting (Kellynch Hall exchanged for Kellynch Winery) a place you’ll ache to visit. This gem of a story is the Persuasion update we deserve."—Ashley Winstead, author of The Boyfriend Candidate
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Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers - a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father's death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia's loyal customers have become like family, and she can't imagine breaking the promise she made to her father to keep the store alive.
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Delightful story with well developed characters!
- By Patrick Bodin on 08-21-17
By: Veronica Henry
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The Hapless Milliner
- A Novel (Miss Austen Investigates, Book 1)
- By: Jessica Bull
- Narrated by: Sarah Cullum
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Jane Austen—sparkling, spirited, and incredibly clever—is suddenly thrust into a mystery when a milliner’s dead body is found locked inside a cupboard in the middle of a ball. When Jane’s brother Georgy is found with some jewelry belonging to the deceased, the local officials see it as an open-and-shut case: one which is likely to end with his death. Jane is certain that he is innocent, and there is more to the murder than meets the eye.
By: Jessica Bull
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I Only Read Murder
- By: Will Ferguson, Ian Ferguson
- Narrated by: Molly Secours
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Miranda Abbott, once known for the crime-solving, karate-chopping church pastor she played on network television, has hit hard times. She’s facing ruin when a mysterious postcard arrives, summoning her to Happy Rock, a small town in the Pacific Northwest. But when she gets there, nothing is what she expected. In dire straits, she signs up for an amateur production at the Happy Rock Little Theater. On opening night, one of the actors is murdered, live, in front of the audience.
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5 stars
- By Beatrice on 03-02-24
By: Will Ferguson, and others
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Kilt Trip
- By: Alexandra Kiley
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Angus King
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Globetrotter Addie Macrae always follows her wanderlust. As a travel consultant, she jet sets around the world—anywhere but Scotland. But when she’s sent on assignment to help a struggling family-run tour company in the Highlands—and save her own job—Addie packs away her emotional baggage and turns on the professional charm.
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This was a lot of fun
- By L. J. Wagstaff on 03-31-24
By: Alexandra Kiley
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Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man
- By: Violet Marsh
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Lady Charlotte Lovett should have never run away upon discovering her betrothal. But when one has been promised to a man who, rumor has it, killed his previous two wives, one does what one must. The only thing that can get her out of this engagement is proving that Viscount Hawley is as sinister as she thinks he is. And the person who would know best is his very own brother.
By: Violet Marsh
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The Witch Hunter
- By: Max Seeck
- Narrated by: Cady McClain
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A best-selling author’s wife has been found dead in a gorgeous black evening gown, sitting at the head of an empty dining table. Her most chilling feature - her face is frozen in a ghastly smile. At first it seems as though a deranged psychopath is reenacting the gruesome murders from the Witch Hunt trilogy, best sellers written by the victim’s husband. But investigator Jessica Niemi soon realizes she’s not looking for a single killer but rather for dozens of believers in a sinister form of witchcraft who know her every move and are always one step ahead.
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Middle of the Road
- By Morgan Steele on 01-08-21
By: Max Seeck
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Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out
- By: Ryan Love
- Narrated by: Bruce Alexander, Caius Nicholas
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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When 79-year-old Arthur Edwards gathers his family together to share some important news, no one is prepared for the bombshell he drops: he's gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he's finally ready to come out. Arthur's 21-year-old grandson, Teddy, has a secret of his own: he's also gay, and developing serious feelings for his colleague Ben. But Teddy doesn't feel ready to come out yet – especially when Arthur’s announcement causes shockwaves in the family.
By: Ryan Love
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Till Human Voices Wake Us
- The Violet Hour Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Rebecca Roque
- Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventeen-year-old Cia lived in a house of secrets until she was five, when her father literally burned it all down. The price of his clandestine operation? Cia’s entire family, and her leg. So, when her best friend Alice says she has a secret too, Cia wants nothing to do with it—even if it could shed light on her family’s dark past. But Alice doesn’t let go so easily, especially when her search for answers might help find Noah, the boy who broke her heart before going missing two months ago. But then the police find Alice’s body floating in the quarry.
By: Rebecca Roque
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My Beloved Life
- A Novel
- By: Amitava Kumar
- Narrated by: Amitava Kumar
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Jadunath Kunwar’s beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. In 1935 in a village near George Orwell’s birthplace, Jadu’s mother, while pregnant with him, nearly dies from a cobra bite. When we see Jadu again, he is in college, meeting the Sherpa who first summited Everest and wondering what it means to be modern. As his life skates between the mythical and the mundane, and as changes big and small sweep across India, Jadu finds meaning in the most unexpected places.
By: Amitava Kumar
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Green Dot
- A Novel
- By: Madeleine Gray
- Narrated by: Sasha Simon
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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At twenty-four, Hera is a clump of unmet potential. To her, the future is nothing but an exhausting thought exercise, one depressing hypothetical after another. She’s sharp in more ways than one, adrift in her own smug malaise, until her new job moderating the comments section of an online news outlet—a role even more mind-numbing than it sounds—introduces her to Arthur, a middle-aged journalist. Though she's preferred women to men for years now, she soon finds herself falling into an all-consuming affair with him.
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great writing but horrible story
- By Nina Petelina on 05-08-24
By: Madeleine Gray
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Whiskey Tender
- A Memoir
- By: Deborah Taffa
- Narrated by: Charley Flyte
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Deborah Jackson Taffa was raised to believe that some sacrifices were necessary to achieve a better life. Her grandparents—citizens of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo tribe—were sent to Indian boarding schools run by white missionaries, while her parents were encouraged to take part in governmental job training off the reservation. Assimilation meant relocation, but as Taffa matured into adulthood, she began to question the promise handed down by her elders and by American society.
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A lovingly crafted story of family and history
- By Larry C on 04-07-24
By: Deborah Taffa
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Emma of 83rd Street
- By: Audrey Bellezza, Emily Harding
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Beautiful, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse has lived twenty-three years in her tight-knit Upper East Side neighborhood with very little to distress or vex her…that is, until her budding matchmaking hobby results in her sister’s marriage—and subsequent move downtown. Now, with her sister gone and all her friends traveling abroad, Emma must start her final year of grad school grappling with an entirely new emotion: boredom. So when she meets Nadine, a wide-eyed Ohio transplant with a heart of gold and drugstore highlights to match, Emma not only sees a potential new friend but a new project.
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Funny, Smart and Sexy
- By maria on 05-14-24
By: Audrey Bellezza, and others
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Old Flames and New Fortunes
- By: Sarah Hogle
- Narrated by: Valerie Rose Lohman
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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A small, magical town tucked away in rural Ohio, Moonville is the perfect place for floral witch Romina Tempest to use the language of flowers to help the hopeful manifest love in their lives. After giving up on her own big romance eleven years ago, at least she can bask in others' happily ever afters. When the shop’s potential financier shares news of his wedding, Romina jumps at the opportunity to discuss the business . . . even if it means she has to fake-date her chaotic colleague Trevor to get an invitation.
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Bad narration did not do story justice
- By Natalia Diaz on 05-12-24
By: Sarah Hogle
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Snowglobe
- By: Soyoung Park, Joungmin Lee Comfort - translator
- Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Greta Jung, Jeena Yi
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Enclosed under a vast dome, Snowglobe is the last place on Earth that’s warm. Outside Snowglobe is a frozen wasteland, and every day, citizens face the icy world to get to their jobs at the power plant, where they produce the energy Snowglobe needs. Their only solace comes in the form of twenty-four-hour television programming streamed directly from the domed city.
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LOVED SNOWGLOBE. CAN'T WAIT FOR BOOK 2!
- By Priscilla on 05-07-24
By: Soyoung Park, and others
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The Other Side of Disappearing
- By: Kate Clayborn
- Narrated by: Wyeth Watts, Marnye Young
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan—and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend, Jess has been aware that he's the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast, The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore.
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Completely disappointing
- By JFE2201 on 05-13-24
By: Kate Clayborn
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- dolanm
- 03-22-24
Charming light romance
This is more of a cozy romance but I liked the plot, which moved along interestingly enough to keep me listening. I was in the mood for something light, funny and relatable and the is hit the mark.
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- Rosemarie Rodriguez Yanes
- 03-01-24
And interesting version of Jane Austen’s persuasion.
The main characters of Anne Elliot and Ben Winthrop our now set in modern times. This time around the female character is nowhere near its true original version. She is strong, intelligent, and fierce.Ben been is still intro. Character too. It’s me version. In the end they come together like an original version. Not what I expected in this modern version.
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- Maren’s Reads
- 03-22-24
The narration was okay but a bit distracting
Read if you like: women’s fiction, Jane Austen retellings, second chance, small town romance, Taylor Swift references, closed door
When town councilor and local theatre director Anne Elliot comes face to face with her long lost ex-love Ben Wentworth, her world is thrown on its axis. As the two begin work on a number of joint projects for the town, they are forced to confront their painful history.
Melodie Edwards is two for two in her Jane Austen retellings. After a phenomenal debut, I was excited to see if her sophomore novel would shine just as bright. Turns out, she is no one-hit-wonder. While I have not (yet) read Austen’s Persuasion, I imagine I will love it if it is anything close to the world Edwards creates in Once Persuaded, Twice Shy.
If you love small town settings with quirky little communities, if you love the angst of a second chance romance, or if you are someone who loves the complexities of emotion that women’s fiction books often brings, this book is for you. I cannot wait to see what Edwards has up her sleeve next.
🎧 I went back and forth between reading with my eyes and reading with my ears (via the audiobook) and although I don’t think the narrator did a horrible job, I did find myself distracted by her narration at numerous times. The shifts in volume and tone combined with moments that seemed overly emotional in pitch, broke my concentration more often than not.
As an audiobook lover and a PRH audio fan, it pains me to say - I’d say go with the physical or ebook over the audio.
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