Enchanting Pleasures

The Pleasures Trilogy, Book 3

By: Eloisa James

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

People magazine named Eloisa James' novel Midnight Pleasures "Page Turner of the Week" and raved, "Romance writing does not get much better than this." Now the acclaimed author returns with another sumptuous tale of passion and misadventure in Regency England.

Gabrielle Jerningham cherishes the portrait of her betrothed, the perfect Peter Dewland... until she meets his commanding older brother Quill. But it is Peter to whom she has been promised. And how can she possibly transform her voluptuous, outspoken self into the poised gentlewoman Peter requires?

When Gabby's shocking décolletage plunges to her waist at her first ball, Peter is humiliated. But Quill comes to the rescue, to the peril of his heart. An accident years before has left Quill plagued by headaches - the kind that grow more excruciating with strenuous exercise. Needless to say, this hardly bodes well for siring progeny. But the very sight of Gabby leaves Quill breathless. One forbidden kiss and Quill vows to have her, headaches and Peter be damned! But it will take a clever man - and a cleverer woman - to turn the tables on propriety and find their way to true love.

©2001 Eloisa James (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

my new favorite Eloisa James book!

the characters in this book are delightful and SO funny! love love love it!!

Lovely

An original story with some interesting twists . The performance of MS. Duerden was excellent as always.

Pretty Good

This book was my favorite of the trilogy. I loved Quill and was happy to hear more of him. I imagined Gabby to look like a Rose from the Titanic (different hair color of course) but when Peter referred to her “fleshy “ I rolled my eyes. It’s clear that Peter isn’t attracted to women and I’d have preferred the writer to be more direct about that. Peter whined too much and wasn’t anything like whom was portrayed in previous books.

Overall it’s worth a listen though you will get frustrated with the misinterpretations the lovers indulge in. But you know, that’s how marriages fail in reality. Assumptions and misunderstanding. Worth the credit.

Amazing Narrator

I love Susan Duerden's narration. She makes the characters come to life. This was my least favorite of the series, but it was still a good story.

Loved it!

Of the three books in the series Quill’s and Gabby’s story is my favorite. The first two were a bit too slow and drawn out. Didn’t like Peter’s personality change. In the previous book he was portrayed as a nice young man. In this book he was a fist class self-centered jerk. With that said, it hinted that his refusal to marry and criticism of his fiancée stems from his preference For men. I enjoyed the series and recommend reading all of the books in the series.

So excellent, I listened again!

I had forgotten I’d listened to this delightful story before. Absolutely enchanted. Love love Quill and Gabby. The narrator is excellent. How she makes the tale come to life! Now will be searching for more books by this author and narrator.

Fabulous!

And that's the truth. Eloisa James does it spectacularly well.... I loved the characters, the plot.... I remember looking and seeing almost two hours left and wondering what would fill them... and almost magically it was done. That's a good book! The ending was just a little odd... I didn't get the locale but that's ok. I understood it, it was even a good scene, but why put them there? I guess it doesn't matter.

NARRATOR : Susan Duerden is Fantastic here. I never heard HER but rather the characters. That's the way it should be!

CREDITWORTHY? : YES! 100%... that is IF you like a good romantic HEA story with a little political intrigue and a good cry.

HEAT FACTOR? : High. Not steamy heart throbing sexual tension high... but high all the same.

Great book

This is a great book of love and what a real husband and wife should be in our dreams

Sometimes different is good

Gabby was different, and fascinated Quill from the beginning, even though she was engaged to his brother, the fastidious Peter. They both had their flaws, but their love grew. There is a pattern in these books: someone is on their death bed, and the other pleads for them to stay with them. Some of the characters' names cracked me up, especially Codswallop the butler.

Susan Duerden gave another brilliant performance.

So much fun!

I'm very sad to be finishing the series. I loved it, however i do wish the author would have written another book on Emily or followed her more after Lucian proposed to her. it just ended with them engaged. Other than that, I really enjoyed how much fun, loving, and sexy the series are!