Mr. Grier and the Governess

By: Sophie Barnes

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

When a benevolent 'on-the-shelf' governess falls for her stern employer in this master and servant Regency romance, they both risk losing their standings in society...or worse.

He’s the dutiful guardian…
She’s the breath of fresh air he needs…

Olivia Poole knows her time for marriage has passed, so she accepts the position of governess to Mr. Grier’s ward. However, she cannot reject the vow she once made her sister – that she would live her life to the fullest. Armed with a list they created together, she determines to honor her promise. But being a governess and an adventuress isn’t so easy. Least of all when the only man she would ever consider for her last challenge happens to be her employer.

Although Grayson Grier mourns the loss of his rakish days, he is determined to do right by his ward. But when he meets Miss Poole, the prim and proper governess seeking employment, something about her begs to be challenged. Ignoring his better judgment for once, Grayson hires her on the spot – a decision destined to tempt him at every turn. For what he did not anticipate was her list, or the fact that his name would be on it. Right next to kissing…

A scandalous forbidden love romance from a USA Today bestselling author

Interesting plot. Virtual voice still needs a lot of work.

Suggestions for virtual voice:
Stuttering or shivering needs to be recognized for pronunciation. Otherwise it sounds like “pluh , please and thuh , thank you” Very odd sounding.

Expressions of surprise, outrage, questioning, worry, etc. all need to be recognized and pronounced differently. Example: “Well I’ll be…” should be expressed slowly with wonder and surprise. And it should be fairly easy to accomplish when these expressions are usually followed by “she exclaimed” or shouted, cried, etc.

Learn to recognize when there is a change from male to female voices and splice accordingly. One day there will hopefully be a way to splice for accents, younger or older adults, and even children. When the voices are all exactly the same it’s often hard to follow who is speaking.

dull

virtual voice just does not work to me the story interesting. I thought the summary described an interesting plot, but the reality fell far short of interesting.

Story was entertaining

I loved the novel and, if read, would have been even more enjoyable. The Virtual Voice narration, however, was not good. The AI voice was lovely but there was hardly any ending to sentences or paragraphs and no change in voice at all for different characters. This made a pretty monotonous listen but I was enjoying the story itself so kept listening but it became annoying quickly. I got this and the first book in this series at a very reduced rate on sale with this Virtual Voice narration but would not buy another at any price. I would rather read the book.

Again, the story was very entertaining and I am going to read the last book in the series instead of listen. Hopefully this author will not agree to Virtual Voice in the future and thank her in advance. (: