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Tempting the Bluestocking: A Gentleman Courtesans Novella
- Narrated by: Darcy Stark
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
After her first lackluster experience with intercourse, Clare Dunnaby swears off romantic entanglement for good. At 21, she remains unattached and content - pursuing the study of botany and geology with single-minded focus. She remains certain she has no need for the amorous attentions of the opposite sex...at least, until she enters her bedchamber to find a nude man waiting in her bed.
Desperation has driven Edward Norton to accept an arrangement as a courtesan to Clare. Purchased as a surprise for her birthday, his mission seems cut and dry: seduce the outspoken bluestocking into bed with him and keep her happy for the duration of their one-month contract. If he can do that, he’ll earn enough money to set his failing shipping company right again.
But when a strong physical attractions evolves into something more, it becomes clear that 30 days will never be enough. When their time runs out, will they choose to build on the visceral connection born of a contract, or will pride and stubbornness keep them apart?
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- Kate @MLHearingThings
- 23-11-19
Short, steamy, and wonderfully unconventional
Tempting the Bluestocking, Gentleman Courtesans Book 0.5, by Victoria Vale is a sultry prequel novella to a devilishly decadent Regency romance series.
Despite being a prequel this is the second book I've listened to in the Gentlemen Courtesans series, and I enjoyed it just as much as I did Portrait of a Lady. I knew I'd enjoy this audiobook because I like Vale's writing and Tempting the Bluestocking combines some of my favourite Regency tropes; a bookish bluestocking, a colourful Matriarch, and a rakish-but-principled gentleman who comes completely undone when he least expects it. Clare's Aunt Helene was a wonderfully unorthodox, eccentric elder, who delighted in leading her equally-unconventional niece astray at every opportunity, and the confident Clare made a refreshing change from the typical wallflower who usually fills the bluestocking role. Edward Norton was an endearing hero, who was only exploiting his natural charm to save the family business and better the circumstances of his siblings.
The narrator, Darcey Stark, was as good here as he was when reading Vale's other books. His performance was sultry and engaging in both the male and female roles, and he is very listenable.
Overall this was a fun, saucy, passionate Regency romance and I wish it had been a full-length story rather than a novella. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series, and to other audiobooks by Victoria Vale.
*I received this audiobook free of charge in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
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- Bev
- 23-07-20
brilliant as always they marry x
lovely little short read makes more sense now I have listened to this book xxx
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- DragonRose UK
- 04-07-20
Really Enjoyable
Oh my goodness, what a fun book this is. Imagine if your aunty paid for an 'escort' for you for your 21st birthday and the first thing you know about it is when you find him lying naked in your bed!! That's what happens to the female lead in this book and her reaction was priceless!! His reaction to her reaction was equally fun!
I loved this book because although there were some steamy hot moments there was a lovely story along with them. OK, so some of what the couple got up to made me wonder if it's something that would have actually happened in those days. But hey, if they had the 'equipment' then they must have known what to do with it'. I shall say no more about that, you can find out for yourself what I mean when you read or listen to the book.
As for the narrator, all I can say is WOW. He is so good that I had to actually think twice about whether Darcy was a man or woman because he read both genders perfectly. He had so many characters to portray and each of them was noticeably different and very good. It is very rare that I can find a narrator that I am happy to give a 5-star review to and Darcy is one of them.
A really great story with a really great narrator which I am more than happy to recommend.
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