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  • By: Elisa Braden
  • Narrated by: Mary Sarah
  • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (15 ratings)
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Desperately Seeking a Scoundrel

By: Elisa Braden
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Summary

Desperately seeking a fiance...

Miss Sarah Battersby is in dire need of a man, preferably one skilled at deception. Upon her father's death, she will be left with no home and nary a penny. With time running out, she must either accept the proposal of a man she loathes or stall long enough to secure a teaching position by telling one teensy, trifling lie - that she is promised to someone else...who doesn't technically exist. 

But Sarah refuses to be defeated by insignificant details. The answer lies in finding the right man for the job. As luck would have it, she has stumbled on just the candidate...though he could use a little patching up.  

Desperately seeking a refuge...

Where Lord Colin Lacey goes, trouble follows - even when he attempts to do right. Tortured and hunted by a brutal criminal, he is rescued from death's door by the stubborn, oddly fetching Miss Battersby. In return, she asks one small favor: pretend to be her fiance. Temporarily, of course. 

With danger nipping his heels, he knows it is wrong to want her, wrong to agree to her terms. But when has Colin Lacey ever done the sensible thing?  

Desperately seeking a love to conquer all...

As lies turn to longing, and longing to something deeper, they realize it will take more than passion to see them through the danger to come. They will need a plan. They will need family. Above all, they will need a love strong enough to steel a lady's resolve and transform a scoundrel's heart.  

Contains mature themes.

©2015 Elisa Braden (P)2018 Tantor

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Seriously dreadful narrator, book quite good

I've now listened to a several books read by Mary Sarah, I'm sure she's lovely, but she's American, quite obviously and painfully. The weirdest of pronunciations, as mentioned by many reviewers, tries hard to spoil the story, but if you try hard, you can just about withstand it. I think the biggest problem is with the letter A, it's always a letter that causes issues, but seriously, if you are going to cut costs by getting an American narrator, PLEASE get one that researches the nuances of English enough to know that even "well to do" people NEVER pronounce FATHER with BOTHER! Then you have POLM for palm... etc etc uuuuuuughghghghgh!

All that aside, the story is good if the usually preposterous and unlikely that Historical Romance usually is, but nice character development, a little twist here and there. Worth trying to ignore the narration for.

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Excellent storyline

The entertaining storyline was slightly let down by the monotonal narrator’s delivery when reading other than character quotes, a shame as it was slightly irritating at times.

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