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Never Borrow a Baronet
- Fortune's Brides, Book 2
- Narrated by: Jannie Meisberger
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
After caring for a crotchety countess, Patience Ramsey wants a more purposeful position. So, when Miss Thorn of the Fortune Employment Agency offers her the post of assistant to amateur apothecary Augusta Orwell, Patience jumps at the chance.
Then, her new employer introduces her at an Easter house party as the bride-to-be of her nephew Sir Harold Orwell. Miss Thorn’s cat Fortune may approve of Sir Harry, but Patience has no interest in borrowing the handsome baronet. She’s had her heart trampled on by false promises before.
Sir Harry has enough on his hands trying to restore the family name while spying for the English against the French. But the pretty Patience could cover for him when he must ply his trade during the house party, so he convinces her to agree to the charade.
As Harry’s work brings danger closer, he begins to realize Patience embodies everything he could want in a wife. Can he convince her to overlook the scandals surrounding him and exchange their false engagement for a true love?
This sweet, clean regency romance is the sequel to Never Doubt a Duke. Fortune’s Brides: Only a matchmaking cat can hunt true love.
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- A D.
- 14-02-20
Regency romance with a dash of mystery!
Book 2 of the Fortune's Brides series is just as fun as the first book. First off, Fortune is a cat. This cat and her mistress, Meredith, are committed to helping women down on their luck to find their forever homes and their forever partners. In this book Patience agrees to work for Gussy as her lab assistant. Even before she meets Gussy's nephew, Sir Harry, she is thrown into a situation where she has to pretend to be Harry's betrothed. So instead of entering the household as a servant, she becomes an almost mistress of the household that is hosting a house party for a motley crew. There are servants who are as close as family, there appears to wanderings at night, smuggling and so much more. Throw in the Napoleonic war in France and the plot takes on some interesting twists and turns.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story and look forward to more audiobooks in the series. After all, the series promises such Regency fun!
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
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- Kate @MLHearingThings
- 19-02-20
A charming, traditional, Regency cosy mystery
Never Borrow a Baronet is another charming audiobook in what is shaping up to be a highly diverting series.
I was delighted to return to Regina Scott's Fortune's Brides series with Patience's story, as she was an interesting minor character in the previous novel, Never Doubt a Duke, and deserved a tale of her own. When we meet her again she is in the process of escaping her irascible employer, Lady Carrolton, and assuming a new position as the laboratory assistant to an eccentric but warm-hearted maiden aunt.
This audiobook was charming throughout, and very easy to listen to. This series' style contains very little of the formality that is found in classic Regencies, but that gives it an ease and air of friendliness that makes it a relaxing and undemanding listen.
This second book involves more intrigue and mystery than its predecessor, taking the familiar house party setting and pitting the guests against an unknown villain who seems intent on harming the inhabitants. Scott does very well to introduce so many characters without it feeling slow or crowded.
There is a little too much repetition at times, but the chapters are structured exceedingly well, with a good hook at the end of each, compelling the listener to play 'just one more chapter' again and again.
Never Borrow a Baronet was also another great performance from the narrator, Jannie Meisberger. Her voice always reminds me a little of Anna Massey reading children's stories, and of Angela Thorne's style in The Secret of Platform 13 .
There's something wonderfully nostalgic about Meisberger's performance in more general terms, too; harking back to the classics I grew up loving. Though her performance is lively enough that it does not feel old-fashioned, it is still traditional and comforting for its familiarity.
I can recommend this audiobook to anyone who enjoyed the previous book in the series, and all those who are looking for a Regency that is not sweet but not saccharine.
*I received this audiobook free of charge in the hope of an honest, unbiased review.
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