A Lady's Powerful Duke
Written by: Matilda Hart ,
Historical Deluxe
Narrated by: Anneliese Rennie
Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:01-19-17
Publisher: Historical Deluxe
The story it’s self was a nice clean romance with
interesting characters, you do not see much chemistry between the two main ones.
I didn’t feel the pull between them until almost the end. It is a cute story
about a lady who didn’t want to marry with a father that demands it. Cedric has
a humorous way about his self that I liked. He learns fast to win his ladies
heart he must wipe that smile off his face. I have mix feeling about him at
first I liked him, than he was a little cold but at the end I really liked him
when they could learn to pick and tease each other. Emilia was something else
wild, wonderful and at times exciting. I didn’t understand at her first attempt
why she didn’t just take a horse, walking was really silly and she is a much
smarter lady than this. I have to admit she doesn’t give up easy, when most may
not like it they go along with the plan. Not Emilia she spends half the book
trying to outrun her father’s plans. She did have me laughing a time or two.
She was honest and straight up telling it like it is but does have respect of
others feelings.
Ms. Rennie’s narration for the most part was very good, her
character voices are nice, and she puts feeling in to each character with
wonderful voice emotions. The music has just got to go, it is too loud and over
rides the words at the beginning of the audio. I didn’t care for the music between the characters
I thought it took a lot away from the audio plus it was way too loud. I think it was chapter 7 where she repeats a
few words twice and then I think she growled because she was up happy with the
way it was done maybe? There is something weird going on there. After that
there is one place where the volume changes that you can tell but doesn’t take
away from the audio. My biggest issue was the music I didn’t like that even if
it had been softer I wouldn’t have cared for it throughout the whole audio. I
feel if music is going to be use it should be a softer lower sound that
complements the audio and doesn’t take away from it. I don’t feel music should
be used between chapters it just takes away from it, begin and end words well. I
thought her voice was very pleasant, her characters very nice. You have no
trouble knowing who is talking. It was easy to tell if it was male or female. My
low rating is on the music and the repeat of words the rest of the audio I
thought was good. I loved the emotion she brings to her characters as well as
the feeling of helpless and not giving up that you can feel each character goes
through. I would like to listen to something else of her work and get a better
idea of it.
The story has a wonderful plot, the characters were nice it
wasn’t one that that really grabbed me but was nice. The characters were nice I
just didn’t feel any kind of attraction between them until the end. When you
would have really got to have seen it was when she agreed to give their
relationship a change as they got to know each other. That was not show in the
book just touched on. I loved Emilia she was so full of emotion, life and
passion about what she wants out of life. You could feel her angrier, her
feeling of loss and her wild side. She really didn’t think out her plans very
well and does seem to have a hard time making one work. She did seem to get
into a lot of trouble which I enjoyed when the duke took her in hand. She was
great. I would like to read more of this authors work to get more a handle on
her writing style. All in all it wasn’t a bad story or audio just has a few
issues.
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Summary
Emilia MacNeil is an independent miss. Truth be told, she's a bit of a tomboy,
and many's the proper lady who has called her a hussy for her sometimes less
than ladylike behavior. But Emilia remains unrepentant. She's as good as any
man, and better than some, and the last thing she wants is to be married to any
of them. She'll happily be an aunt to her siblings' children, but she wants
nothing to do with marriage. Enter Lord Cedric Hanson, Duke of Roxburgh. According to her father the Marquess, the Duke is to be her husband, but Emilia refuses to comply. When she is brought back after her first attempt at escape is foiled, she vows to take the battle to the enemy, so to speak. But every attempt she makes to escape is hindered, first by the guards who accompany her and her father to the Duke's seat, and afterwards by the Duke himself. Their game of hide and seek eventually leads to more, as Emilia finds herself reluctantly admiring the man who would take her freedom. Admiration becomes arousal...becomes more. In the end, on her wedding day, Emilia must choose between the independence she has fought for all her life and the man she has come to love.
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