The Charmer

Assassins Guild, Book 1

De: C. J. Archer

Narrado por: Duke Defoix, Duchess Defoix

Handsome. Charming. Devastating. He was the last man she needed, but the only one she wanted.

Elizabethan England: Orlando Holt has never assassinated a woman before. The lovely, feisty Lady Lynden will be his first. She's supposed to be a vicious murderess, but when Orlando begins to have doubts, he sets out to discover the identity of the person who hired him. What he learns will turn his world upside down and propel him headlong into love with a woman who's immune to his charms.

Twice widowed by the age of 24, Lady Susanna Lynden has had enough of charming men. Her last husband knew all the right things to say to get her to the marriage bed...then made her life miserable.

Money may be scarce and her house falling down around her, but the exotic fruits from her orange trees will keep poverty away. Except, someone is thwarting her at every turn. Someone who may even want her dead.

©2013 C.J. Archer (P)2020 C.J. Archer

Be a strong woman or don’t

Really, a very good story and excellent narration. My challenge was that the main character’s strength seemed to come from her loving sex and looking at her lover’s member. That’s just fine, but I would have liked her being more decisive and less maidenly day to day.

Good story ok performance

I enjoyed the story and male narrator was great but the female character sounded robotic at times and over acting at other times. it was a little difficult to enjoy.

Couldn't make it through...

The Dutchess is just too much. She reads like she's getting a pedicure. I've never heard the word "said" pronounced the way she does - I'm from the South and even I know that's way too many vowels.

Narrator Ruined The Listening

I purchased otherwise I would have returned. I pushed through the Duke Defoix narrator was fine but the female narrator Duchess Defoix terrible

Finally, some spice!

I've been waiting for this series. Finally some sexy scenes. Excellent team reminiscent of India & Matthew. Narrators are great. I'm excited about CJ again.

Very good book with great narration.

Very good book with great narration. Enjoyed the story & characters. But the narration, the two narrators were excellent. Their timing made it fold together seamlessly. It was a joy. Thank You.

Love this story

The story line was great and the narrators were wonderful. I can’t wait to listen to the second and third books in this series.

I enjoyed the two perspective storytelling

I enjoyed the two perspective storytelling immensely!! I work with my hands long hours and love to listen to books... CJ Archer is one of my favorites.

I'm sorry I can't listen to her...

I should have listened to her before I bought this book. I can't follow her... her inflections are off and the lilt in her voice is off-putting. he us amazing. She sometimes reads like she's teaching a child to read. she's ruined the book for me.

So so

Not sure how I feel about this series yet. I absolutely loved the Glass and Steele series but this one has different narrators with a much different style. It was a little slow at the beginning. I’ll definitely give the next one a chance though. For someone who goes through a lot of audiobooks, it was still worth the listen.