Bewitching

De: Jill Barnett

Narrado por: Anne Johnstonbrown

What's a duke to do when a carefully selected bride rejects him rather than marry without love? He salvages his pride by marrying the next woman who falls into his arms.

Joyous Fiona MacQuarrie bewitched the Duke of Belmore the moment she appeared from nowhere and knocked him over...literally. Joyous MacQuarrie is a Scottish witch whose powers of white magic are not always easy for her to control. When Alec's pride makes him choose to marry her, Joy turns the life of the most serious and snobbish duke in England upside down.

Too soon Alec finds his well ordered and controlled life a mess, because he married a witch - one who turns him to fire when he kisses her, who charms everyone around her, and threatens to destroy both their lives as scandal looms over her.

Too late, Joy discovers she's desperately in love and not even the strongest magic can seem to turn her into a proper duchess, or make her husband love her. Passion holds them spellbound in an irresistiblely funny and tender tale of two opposite but lonely hearts.

©1993 Jill Barnett (P)2013 Bell Bridge Books

Magical and Charming

Few books bring me to tears these days but my romantic heart sorrowed near the end even when I knew the H and h were in for a happy ending. Anne Johnstonbrown’s voice was perfect for this fairytale. Unfortunately, mispronunciations caused me to drop a star. For instance, the town of Reading is pronounced “Redding.” I’m not usually a fan of magic but the inept Scottish witch captured my heart.

Loved this cute story.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes

What did you like best about this story?

Really enjoyed the plot and the humor; thought it was a really sweet love story.

Here is a great one!

Where does Bewitching rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Out of all the historical romances I have read and there are a huge number this is right up there as one of my favorits.

Who was your favorite character and why?

all of the characters were charming, funny, and well developed.

Which character – as performed by Anne Johnstonbrown – was your favorite?

Anne did a fabulous job with all the characters and this is the first time in a long time when a narrator has done a good job with all the character's voices.

Any additional comments?

If you like reading historical romances I highly recommend this book. There was humour, sadness, love, twists and turns, beautiful love scenes and the narrator read it all beautifully.

Charming!

What made the experience of listening to Bewitching the most enjoyable?

This story has funny moments that are unforgetable, like the night after the theater, or when Joy tries to tell Alec she is a witch...

Who was your favorite character and why?

I loved Joy. She is so innocent, and sometimes naive... is impossible not falling in love for her.

Which character – as performed by Anne Johnstonbrown – was your favorite?

I have three favorites characters: Joy, with all her confused way. Alec with his arrogant and aristocratic way to protect himrself from everything and everyone. And Steven, who is so naive as child can be.,

Any additional comments?

This book is wonderful.

Always makes me smile

Have loved Jill Barnett books always. Her character's are a delightful to read about. recommended

Bewitched, indeed!

Jill Barnett invites you to suspend your preconceptions of Regency romances, and enter a lovely new world. One in which witches live, dukes learn to love, and karma is dealt to all those persons who so richly deserve it. Thoroughly charming from start to finish.

sweet and fun

love this book.
It's sweet and have many fun characters, that makes this book one of my fav😊
Worth your time, money or Credit.

love love love

loved it the story and I loved Anne johnstonbrown. great job. can't wait for more.

I'm not happy to pay for this! American narrator

The Duke is just mean, rude and I couldn't stand it.
Joy was a very patient door mat.
It's not that, women are often doormats. It's that I don't feel like I understand enough about her magic and there was too little time spent with the Duke being a decent human AND BIG AND the narrator was American and couldn't pronounce words. She's got a great voice! Her Scottish accent isn't too bad. It kinda blends into Irish sometimes but all of the main male characters are in American accents and it's kinda weird. Also fete, livery and a few other words are repeatedly pronounced incorrectly! WHERE ARE THE PRODUCERS??
So, I give it 3 stars. I enjoyed it but I will probably never read it again.

Narrator ruins it

This is a beloved book for me. I can't even try to guess how many times I read my worn-out paperback copy in the 90s. Having not read this one in 25+ years, I was so excited to revisit this story.

Unfortunately this narrator made an absolute mess of this story. He is supposed to have a British accent, she is supposed to have a Scottish accent. This narrator apparently couldn't keep them straight. Sometimes he is Scottish, sometimes she is British. Sometimes they have no accent at all. The side characters' accents came and went, with no consistency. Words are pronounced wrong all throughout. Macabre, livery, wonder (pronounced interchangeably with wander) and ducal (which was said every couple of minutes) were incorrect. I'd also like to give a special shout-out to the time the narrator said 'carnage door' instead of carriage door.

This book deserved better.