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The Dauntless Miss Wingrave

By: Amanda Scott
Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
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A brave young gentlewoman dares to defy an infuriatingly arrogant earl. Brave and beautiful Miss Emily Wingrave knows that it will not be easy to help her older widowed sister deal with the trustee of her late husband’s estate.

The trustee is none other than the willful, arrogant Earl of Meriden, and she is determined to stop him from meddling with her sister’s struggling family. But as Emily engages the provocative Earl in a battle of wits and wills, she learns just how well armed he is: His surprising charm and seductive techniques will make her worry that she might very well be the one who surrenders.

©1989 Lynne Scott-Drennan (P)2013 Audible Inc. Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance

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The narrator's accents are awful. A marquis's niece and a parson would not have marked regional accents. The story is amusing.

3.5 Stars

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Great story, funny banter between the two main characters, and an enjoyable plot. Very like Heyer, which is a good thing. Well read, despite a few mispronunciations and a few dodgy Yorkshire accents. Mary Jane Wells gets the wit and the flow with her narration, not at all stilted like so many readers of audiobooks. And her male characters sound normal - female narrators sometimes make male characters sound pompous and old, definitely not what you want in a romantic lead. Really enjoyed this.

Funny and romantic

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Lighthearted and charming story with charismatic main characters and witty conversations. Beautifully narrated. A relaxing, fun read.

Funny, witty yet romantic

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Not a bad story. I dont like his character though, he is such a brute to the point of being violent. At least he does acknowledge that he has temper and apologises when he has behaved atrociously. She also has a temper to match his just not physically which puts her at a disadvantage. In my opinion they make a horrible couple as they are too much alike. Some great bamter though

i liked it

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When you read terrible reviews on Goodreads, but forget to remove the book from your Audible wishlist...

I am a huge fan of Mary Jane Wells, but even she could not save this nonsense. The two main characters are just awful, unnecessarily argumentative and childish. I'm not sure what exactly the point of this book is. Avoid!

Terrible book, wonderful narration.

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Unmitigated garbage from start to finish. Characters appalling, themes extremely unlikely and inappropriate both now and in the regency.
1. The male star sexually assaults the lead female, and later beats her with a whip, and we’re supposed to believe she then falls in love with this moron, and that he respects her?
2. The ‘heroine’ isn’t dauntless, she’s a spoilt, rude, egotistical fool, trampling others feelings left right and centre and is only kind to children from a manipulative desire to be more popular with them than her ego-match man.
3. The peculiar narration has the granddaughter of a Marquis speaking first with in broad Yorkshire then drifting into a working class Kent accent?

Idiotic. Avoid. Doesn’t deserve your time.

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