This Regency romance was a fun and quick read. The narrator was good, but sounded a lot like John Oliver which made me chortle through much of the book.

I received a copy of this audiobook from Netgalley and I'm leaving an honest review. I loved this narration! I'm not a fan of listening to books. I'm often annoyed at the narration and find myself not finishing however the narration on this title is superb. The story is fun with a bit of a twist thrown about in the middle and you know where its going but its throughly enjoyable getting there!

A beautiful, sweet story. 

Ms Jarecki pens an incredibly beautiful story, full of great descriptive detail, with period appropriate pieces mentioned throughout the story. With such beautiful imagery one can’t help but be transported back in time to England. You can see every detail in your mind’s eye. An intelligent and strong willed heroine makes a perfect match with a handsome and very kind Duke. Both characters are meaningful and intriguing, one finds themselves deeply invested in these characters. 
This audiobook contains several interesting elements that give it credence and believability. I enjoyed the privateering and smuggling aspects of the story. 
A truly well written book. 
This was my first time listening to a story performed by Phillip Batley. 
He has a very pleasant sounding voice and truly performed this story. I listened with a critical ear, but found nothing but pure enjoyment in his narration. He’s really quite good. 
He breathed life into each and every character, never mixing up character’s voices or sounding too masculine while performing female characters. In truth, I was pleasantly surprised. Do I recommend this audiobook? Absolutely. This is a must have. 
Overall I found the story and the narration outstanding.

arc provided by netgalley for an honest review

This is the third book in the Devilish Dukes series but it can be read as a stand alone. 

We have two main characters:
— Sherborn (Sher) Price, the Duke of Danby: He has to put an end to the smuggling that has been happening across the country and in return empties the country’s treasury. 
— Eleanor Kent, daughter of Viscount Lisle: She is a smuggler, specifically a privateer, who is doing this as a way to support her family after her father’s injury. Although, her family is plenty wealthy now…it’s the fun and excitement that keeps her going along with smuggling. 

They meet at the Prince’s dinner under the disguise that Sher needs her to help redecorating his room but he is under the correct assumption that she knows something about the smuggling. After spending lots of time together, their attraction grows more and more but Eleanor knows Sher is spying on her and decides she will no longer see him. 

They end up getting married so her “bad deeds” won’t be held against her. It starts off as an enemies to lovers to a marriage of convenience and they must work through their differences to get along.

This was not a story that particularly captivated me but it was an easy read and would recommend it to lovers of marriage of convenience.

A high 4⭐️
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more...” -Nicholas Sparks 
This audiobook was narrated by Philip Battley. I liked him and was very impressed. 
I was delighted by this fluent, crisp historical romance. The story was different and I love a strong heroine. The banter and chemistry that bounced between these two was wonderful. 
This author is new to me and I definitely want to listen to more of her stories. 
I highly recommend this audiobook for historical romance lovers. 
Thanks to Oliver Heber Books for this Arc audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

This book had all the working of a great love novel. Actually while watching the Bridginton series on Netflix, I noticed it had a lot of similarities.  Classic star crossed lover kind of thing, but a twist on high society.  Really loved the lead character as she was set as a spinster in the beginning and I loved that she felt she was happy to provide for herself and not need to marry. Besides that is was all perfectly splendid and predictable. Unless I missed it, I didn't hear that much description of the Duke. Although that was a good thing in some ways because I got to conger my own in my mind.

I really enjoyed the audio version of this historical romance. The story was interesting and I liked the H/h and the historical details, but the real highlight for me was Philip Battley, the narrator. He did an excellent job with all the voices and really acted out the roles and made the characters - including the bit parts - come to life. My thanks go to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to listen to the audio book in return for my honest opinion.

Regency romances have fell out of my favor because I find the pomp and circumstance a little tedious but I recently got back into this type of book because I liked imagining how the nobility existed (hey, I love Downton Abbey!)

This book kind of has that type of feel- Eleanor was great- in order to bring her family back from ruin, she turns to smuggling and does quite well for herself. I loved how strong and resourceful she was. The duke of Danby was tasked to find smugglers and bring them to justice and Eleanor was caught in the crossfire but as a favored daughter to the viscount, the duke and she required a fake marriage in order to bring her family back into honor. But can they reconcile and become more than enemies?

As I mentioned, Eleanor was a great character- strong and fun. The Duke was more of a rigid character, typical of what we would see in regency novels (pride and prejudice, anyone?) but I liked seeing him open up more. There were a few really slow periods in the book and the whole unraveling was pretty plodding but overall, I enjoyed the book,

I listened to the audiobook through NetGalley (Thanks!) and it was well done. The male narrator did such a good job playing multiple characters and his voice and accent really immersed me in the story. It was a fun listen.

Eleanor Kent took over her father's import business when war injuries left him in her care, and she added a bit of privateering to increase her income and support her family and employees. So, when the Duke of Danby, tasked with shutting down smuggling operations across the country, meets Eleanor at a dinner and is smitten with her, Eleanor has to decide whether to cut all ties or play his game of cat and mouse despite the danger to herself and her business and her attraction to the duke.

I liked this novel because it gave Eleanor agency and power of her own from the beginning, in a way that doesn't usually occur in regency-era romance novels. Her ability to support herself and her father put Eleanor and the Duke's relationship on a more equal playing field and led to a smarter, more exciting will-they-or-won't-they storyline,

Also, Philip Battley did a wonderful job narrating this book and he infused emotion, sarcasm and humor into the story and I'll definitely be looking for his name in the audiobooks I choose in the future.

Overall, I found the story charming, the characters relatable and I will be going back and listening to the first two books in Jarecki's Devlish Duke's series.