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Title: To Catch a Spinster
Subtitle: The Reluctant Bride Collection, Volume 1
Author: Megan Bryce
Narrator: Maureen Cavanaugh
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-22-14
Publisher: Megan Bryce
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 107 votes
Genres: Romance, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Olivia Blakesley, self-proclaimed spinster extraordinaire, is quite happy with her life. She has her studies and her duties, what need does she have of a husband? With five sisters married she knows the reality does not live up to the promise, and does not need to personally experiment with the state to know she would be ill-suited to it. However, she finds herself envious of at least one aspect of marriage. But to experience the physical side of marriage, one doesn't need a husband, all one needs is the right man....
Nathaniel Jenkins knows his duty. Marry a young girl from a respectable family and father an heir, no matter how cold the endless parade of suitable girls leaves him. But a shocking proposal from a scholarly spinster leaves him wondering if unsuitable is just what he's looking for. Can he convince his spinster that marriage is the greatest experiment of all?
Members Reviews:
Insipid
Not an original sentence.
Could have been tolerable but the narrator was ghastly .  I will  for her to avoid  in future.insipid
Bob @ Platypire Reviews
This.  Was.  Fun!  I've always read books where the 'gentleman' is out looking for a good time, while the women of the times were always trying to snag themselves a husband.  But Olivia's experiment was a great read....er....listen haha.  I didn't read the synopsis, as I was in the middle of things when I came across this audio book.  It was a free day, I liked the cover and the title, and decided to go for it.  SO glad I did!  However, I had to kick the kids out of the room a few times, so, be on the lookout for that!  Those scenes were enough to let you know what exactly was going on, but tastefully done, and not enough to curl your toenails.  I loved it.  The characters are well defined, and the story flowed wonderfully.  Story gets 5 Platypires from me.
The narrator!  She was brilliant!  She didn't change her voice to a great degree, but you could differentiate the separate characters quite easily.  She spoke clearly, with perfect emotion and emphasis where it needed, and I am planning to look for more books narrated by her.  Narration also gets 5 Platypires.
So, overall, Bob says:  5 Platypires and 2016 favorite of mine!
wonderfully simple!!!
It's a very different storyline then a lot of the
HEA Historical Romance novels out there.  Yet although  it's a simple, errrr..... not so simple?,  dilemma for the Heroine that drives this book it easily keeps you entertained.  Its funny and sexy, just a little sad and very romantically happy.... yes, I enjoyed it!
NARRATOR : She did a wonderful job!  I knew every character, every mood.... and not once did I 'hear' the narrator.   Just as it should be!!!  There were no distractions that sometimes exist like mispronounced words, bad timing, fluctuating speed or volume, and none of the mouthy sounds that ruin a good book.  All in all I enjoyed this book and Maureen Cavanaugh greatly contributed to that.
CREDITWORTHY? : I  would give it a definite YES but for the fact that it costs less than a credit does.  For me it was definitely dollarworthy!
HEAT FACTOR: Steammmmy!!!!
Where do I begin?
Unbelievably negative, joyless woman who is stubborn beyond belief - lovely patient man who takes all on - gives new meaning to tenacity and is the new Job.