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The Matrimonial Advertisement
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
"Matthews has a knack for creating slow-building chemistry and an intriguing plot with a social history twist." -Library Journal
She wanted sanctuary...
Helena Reynolds will do anything to escape her life in London, even if that means traveling to a remote cliffside estate on the North Devon coast and marrying a complete stranger. But Greyfriar's Abbey isn't the sort of refuge she imagined. And ex-army captain Justin Thornhill - though he may be tall, dark, and devastatingly handsome - is anything but a romantic hero.
He needed redemption...
Justin has spent the last two decades making his fortune, settling scores, and suffering a prolonged period of torture in an Indian prison. Now, he needs someone to smooth the way for him with the villagers. Someone to manage his household - and warm his bed on occasion. What he needs, in short, is a wife and a matrimonial advertisement seems the perfect way to acquire one. Their marriage was meant to be a business arrangement and nothing more. A dispassionate union free from the entanglements of love and affection. But when Helena's past threatens, will Justin's burgeoning feelings for his new bride compel him to come to her rescue? Or will dark secrets of his own force him to let her go?
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- Thor
- 11-03-21
Worth listening too.
The hero and heroine are both strong characters and are thrown together because of circumstances.
She is desperate to find a protector and safety. His friends have arranged a marriage though advertisement.
They have to work through a lot of problems and grief, but come out the other end.
The narrator is not good with male voices, so they get mixed up.
The secondary characters are varied and support the story well.
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- Book addict
- 01-01-21
3.5 stars - not as good as this author’s other books
Recently listened to The Work of Art and Gentleman Jim by this author and they were both excellent and I rated them 5 stars. This story was a little disappointing by comparison. It was ok, and parts were nice, but not a patch on the other books I mentioned. I’ll still get more in this series though, and I’m glad to see it’s a different narrator in the following books. Justine Eyre’s narration was better in this than other books I’ve heard her narrate, but Alex Wyndham is superb with Mimi Matthews’ other books.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-12-20
Predictable story read in an off-putting accent
This story was long winded and predictable but I didn't mind that. I was looking for a story that wasn't challenging and I got that here. The narration was quite poor - lots of words and sentences ending with a questioning uplift. I think the narrator would do well to work out what her accent is at the outset and stick with that rather than making it up as she goes along.
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- Susan
- 31-05-20
Enjoyable
Well I have just discovered this author and I must say I am loving her stories. First of 'the orphans' series, all the books are wonderful and have happy endings. I would recommend this or any of the other titles in this series if you like a good yarn with a lovely ending.
I had to drop one star on the performance from Justine Eyre because of the strange pronunciations.But I enjoyed the story anyway.
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- Miss S Hayes
- 22-03-20
Good audio
I enjoyed Justine Eyre's rendition of this book very much. I had to remind myself at times that this was one person speaking throughout, which is evidence of my being engaged with the reader.
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- sammie
- 27-01-20
Lovely book...........😀
This is a great book, I liked that it was some what different to the normal Historical Romance!!.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-09-22
Very good book read by wonderful Justin Eyre
Very entertaining and great book, and I just love the narration by Justin Eyre. Nobody does it better
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- Louisa P
- 30-09-20
Awful narration
This story wasn't too bad and was quite enjoyable. However, the narration was awful. Very strange pronunciation and accent and that distracted from listening to the story and characters.
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- LA
- 17-04-20
Brilliant
Loved this book so much. Very well written and very well narrated. Loved the plot and loved the romance. Will start the next one in the series straight away. Would recommend to anyone who loves Georgette Heyer.
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- C.J. Brown
- 04-11-23
Good story but the narration
Good story but the narrator was lacking the necessary skills to make the story interesting
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