Not Just Any Earl

Games Earls Play, Book 1

De: Anna Bradley

Narrado por: Heather Wilds

A lady hidden in the shadows . . .

It's never been easy to be one of the five Templeton sisters, but for quiet Emmeline, the silver lining surrounding the dark cloud of her family's disgrace is a quiet life of comfortable obscurity. But when her sister accepts an outrageous wager that takes her to London for a season, an unexpected kiss with a handsome earl thrusts shy Emmeline into the middle of a shocking public scandal.

A dazzling earl with the ton at his feet . . .

Johnathan Parrish, the Earl of Melrose, never meant to kiss Emmeline Templeton. Emmeline Templeton is perfectly wrong for him, and he's never before spared the shy wallflower a single glance, but after one kiss, the memory of her warm curves are imprinted forever on Johnathan's fingertips, and he can't forget the sweet taste of her lips against his.

A dizzying spark of desire . . .

But wherever the Templeton family ventures, gossip and rumor inevitably follow. If the secret wager is revealed, it will shake London to its foundations. Will the blazing passion that brought Emmeline and Johnathan together end in a happily ever after, or will their hearts fall victim to the consuming flames?

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Anna Bradley (P)2022 Tantor

Horrible narrator

The story wasn’t bad, but the narrator was so very painful. She spoke every sentence as if it was a highly dramatic moment. Ugh!

love of a rose

longing love fate romance a aunt perfume for the love of duke and family and dear friends

Narration of-putting

It’s unfortunate that I could not give a higher review, since I found the storyline enjoyable.
However, the narrator reads
Every
Single
Sentence
In the same tone!

LOVED

A very sweet love clean love story. Where perseverance wins in the end. Lovely charred and great narrative!!

All the feels

I think I fall in love with every hero Anna Bradley writes. That’s saying something! And no awful dragged out angsty stuff either. Just a great romance. Well written, well narrated and well… yummy!

Not Bad

The storyline was pretty typical of this type book-nothing earth shattering but a good story. I enjoyed the botany side of it as I am a gardener. The romance did not have the usual intensity one comes to expect with this genre. I came close to stopping it MANY times due to the narrator. Her voice is great for this type of book but her delivery drove me nuts. Dynamics are so important. It became stressful to listen to what should’ve been a very easy listen because she never changed the ebb and flow of hee reading. She has great potential as she has a lovely voice/accent but I know I won’t finish another book she’s narrating if I don’t hear immediate improvement in her delivery.

Engaging Story...Awful Narrator

Engaging story - despite the narrator. It does annoy me when characters decide to be martyrs on order to "save" others, even if everyone would then end up miserable, but at least this story had a happy ending, albeit rather rushed. The narrator has a flat tone and read most sentences in the same way. Overall, though, it was a fun story.

See below.

Observations repeated a number of times. Give your reader more credit to remember the characters thoughts, or is just trying to fill paragraphs?
Info regarding roses interesting.

Super fun read

I really enjoyed this author. This is my first book I’ve read by her I thought the characters were fun and the author really had a nice story and the narrator did a great job bringing the characters to life. 

I really enjoyed the narrator!

the story was well written and I really enjoyed the storyline. The characters and the story made me read far into the night! Could not wait to see how the story developed!