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  • The Autumn Bride

  • Chance Sisters Romance Series, Book 1
  • By: Anne Gracie
  • Narrated by: Alison Larkin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (74 ratings)
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The Autumn Bride

By: Anne Gracie
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
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Summary

Governess Abigail Chantry will do anything to save her sister and two dearest friends from destitution, even if it means breaking into an empty mansion in the hope of finding something to sell. Instead of treasures, though, she finds the owner, Lady Beatrice Davenham, bedridden and neglected. Appalled, Abby rousts Lady Beatrice's predatory servants and-with Lady Beatrice's eager cooperation-the four young ladies become her "nieces," neatly eliminating the threat of disaster for all concerned!

It's the perfect situation, until Lady Beatrice's dashing and arrogant nephew, Max, Lord Davenham, returns from the Orient-and discovers an impostor running his household.... A romantic entanglement was never the plan for these stubborn, passionate opponents-but falling in love may be as inevitable as the falling of autumn leaves....

©2013 Anne Gracie (P)2013 Tantor

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Narration a disappointment

I have listened to many audio books and this one was let down by the narrator. Although the story was good the narrator read the story with hardly any difference in the voices of the characters giving no depth to the novel. Very disappointing

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Fantastic

beautiful story and great characters but equally brilliant narrator - best yet for period dramas, I have hundreds of books on audible but this was in my top 10 with author narrator combination staggeringly good

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Good story spoilt by boring, obligatory sex scene

Why oh why must a mawkish obligatory sex scene be included in an otherwise enjoyable story. They're all the same and authors seem to cut and paste them altering the occasional word.

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Very enjoyable easy listen

Where does The Autumn Bride rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Very light, but very enjoyable. Easy entertainment well carried out.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Of course the old lady.

What does Alison Larkin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I would probably not take to time to read such a lighthearted book, but it is perfect for entertainment while doing other stuff at the same time.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

No, not really.

Any additional comments?

Yes, while I really enjoyed to book, it could have done without the
Jane Austen citations. Yes, everybody is a big fan of Jane Austen, but the citations did not even fit too well and I felt a bit irritated because it just felt like aiming too high. So I thought the book would have been better of without them.
For the narrator, she did pronounce Phaeton (the carriage) und Gunter's (the London ice shop) differently from all other books I ever heard set in this period, so I could not help but wishing they would have choosen Rosalyn Landor instead. Her male voices were not that good either, but I do not mean to say, the narration was bad, but definitely not as divine as Rosalyn Landor would have been.

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Brilliantly read!

I’ve been “re-reading” favourites from my bookshelf by listening on my commute through audible. So many of the readers are just not up to the job, but I have to congratulate Alison Larkin for a fantastic reading of this book!
She gets it! Omg she gets it! The female characters sounded strong yet feminine and the Austen-esque dialogue in Anne Gracie’s work was rendered very well indeed. THANK YOU. Social wit and nuance is not an easy thing to do by all accounts. I have already bought the next one and hope to enjoy it as much.

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Humerous with a good story & excellent narrator.

I liked the development of the characters & the voices that suited each character. very entertaining!

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Such a good story

Both funny, sad and interesting. A lovely story well read by a talented narrator. I will definitely be looking for more books by Anne Gracie read by Alison Larkin.

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Delightful audiobook

Very interesting storyline, had me very interested all through it.
Well presented and read by the orator.

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Absolute excellent

I loved the story and could hardly stop listening. It was uplifting and the heroine was courageous and lovely.

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Entertaining

I really enjoyed the female characters, they were all strong, intelligent women, especially Abi. Max, the hero, was a little too arrogant for me but thankfully he came to appreciate Abi for herself and they deserved their happy ending.

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