Under a Dark Moon
Brandon Brothers - Adam
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Narrated by:
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Alex Wyndham
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By:
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Stella Riley
About this listen
Meet Adam Brandon...acutely intelligent and master swordsman but gradually realizing that he isn’t yet ready for the future he had previously planned.
Victim of a cruel deception, Camilla Edgerton-Foxe has a jaundiced view of the male sex and a tongue as sharp as her wits...but she also possesses an extraordinary talent.
A peculiar encounter offers Adam the kind of employment for which he is uniquely suited and that will exercise his mind as well as his muscles. The fly in the ointment is that Miss Edgerton-Foxe comes with it...as does Rainham, viscount and master of disguise, with a frequently misplaced sense of humor.
From Paris, via London, to the mists and mysteries of Romney Marsh, these three are sent on the trail of something darker and infinitely more dangerous than the kegs of brandy that come ashore at the dark of the moon.
©2021 Stella Riley (P)2021 Stella RileyWonderful
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Thoroughly engrossing story
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The story opens in Paris where Adam is recruited into a clandestine British Government department consisting of a select group of men with the skills necessary to deal with sensitive political issues.
Within this select group there is just one woman, Camilla Edgerton-Foxe who possesses an extraordinary talent but does not feel part of this male-dominated exclusive club. Also, she has just gone through a breakdown in a relationship so is subsequently barbed and defensive with men - especially when Adam is assigned to escort her to her family home on Romney Marsh. And it is here that the story is centred.
Smuggling is rife in this part of England and local folk turn a blind eye to it. However, along with it goes the more sinister trade of espionage.
Once again Stella Riley has created characters that live off the page and Alex Wyndham, who gives a stunning performance, brings her characters to life. His interpretation and seamless transitions create a perfect narrative.
Adam and Camilla are so believable and through all the twists and turns that make this not only a love story but also a real thriller, I was captivated. Secondary leads such as Rainham, the master of disguise, Goddard, the department head, Guy, Camilla’s brother and Finch – who is probably the worst gentlemen’s valet ever – just don’t let him iron shirts! All these people Alex handles adroitly and with ease.
Then there is the setting of Romney Marsh and Dungeness. A bleak and exposed area of England that has been described as its only desert. Stella Riley’s description is so vivid and stimulating that I must make time to visit this area, which is steeped in history with its remote church’s, ancient inns and sheep!
I truly believe that team ‘Riley-Wyndham’ are a marriage made in heaven and I look forward to future productions. All I can add is to say well done to both. This audio is an Absolute Triumph.
An Absolute Triumph
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I loved Adam, such a good, honourable, brave and very competent man. Camilla was a great foil for him, not only talented and intelligent, but as courageous as he. I loved the slow development from dislike to love and mutual respect for each other. This is a partnership that you know will last.
One of the things I love about Stella Riley's writing is her secondary characters, all of whom are well-rounded and fully 3-dimensional, solid characters in their own right. It reminds me very much of my long-loved favourite author Georgette Heyer, (55 years and counting) who had the same facility of making all her characters believable, not just the principals.
I've never been to Romney Marsh, but her ability to build word pictures has enabled me to visualise the bleak, loneliness of the place, not somewhere you'd want to be lost on a long winter's night!
Finally, we come to the narration. In a word - superb. Alex's ability to make clear distinctions between different characters, without ever coming close to caricature, is something many narrators could learn from. He and Stella are as much a match made in heaven as is Adam and Camilla.
Highly recommended, and I can't wait for book 3.
Loved it.
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Stella and Alex win again
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