Title: A Viscount’s Proposal (The Regency Spies of London #1)
Author: Melanie Dickerson
Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples
Pages: 288
Length: 8 hours, 25 minutes
Year: 2017
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: Waterfall Press (print & eBook)
Brilliance Audio (audiobook)
Format: Audiobook (also available in eBook and paperback)
About the book:
Leorah Langdon has no patience for Regency society’s shallow hypocrisy and unnecessary rules, especially for women. She’s determined to defy convention by marrying for grand passion instead of settling for a loveless union like her parents—or wedding a stuffy, pompous gentleman like Edward, the Viscount Withinghall. But when a chance meeting in the countryside leads to Leorah and Withinghall being discovered in his overturned carriage—alone and after dark—the ensuing gossip may force them together.
Withinghall has his reasons for clinging to propriety; his father perished in a duel with his mistress’s husband, and Edward must avoid scandal himself if he wants to become prime minister. He certainly has no time for a reckless hoyden like Miss Langdon. But soon the two discover that Withinghall’s coach “accident” was no such thing: the vehicle was sabotaged.
Can the culprit be brought to justice? Strong-willed Leorah and duty-driven Withinghall will have to work together if they have any hope of saving her reputation, his political career—and his life.
My review:
This is a fantastic historical romance.
I love both of the main characters in this book. Leorah and Edward learn a lot about themselves and how they should treat others as the story progresses. This all happens as they each learn how to see beyond the faults of the other person, to their strengths.
Thrown into the middle of the romance is a wonderful light mystery. There are a number of clues as to who is trying to kill Lord Withinghall. We only find out what the motive is very near the end of the book.
The narrator for this book did an excellent job of making the story come alive. The various voices and intonations she used are great.
I’m giving this delightful audiobook 5 stars on both the story and the narration. I highly recommend it.
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