Barely a Bride

“It’s a gentleman’s world, my darling. And marrying well is your best way of succeeding in it. Being a spinster is no life for you—not if you wish to pursue those dreams of yours.” Alyssa frowned. “No need to make such a face at me. I’ve only your best interests at heart. You may believe there’s......more

Lemon Tree ★★★★✩ This is a review of the audiobook, narrated by Virginia Leishman. I’ve never heard this reader before, and she does a nice job of it, doing the accents and voice inflections – English and Scottish, male and female, children and adults – quite nicely. This book, the first in the Free F......more

The beginning chapters of this book were so promising that I was willing to overlook the awkward prologue displaying the author's inability to write child characters. While there's nothing terrible special about Griffin, Viscount Abernathy, who needs to get himself a bride and an heir before he rid......more