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Georgette Heyer – Talking with Naxos AudioBooks and a GIVEAWAY!
Georgette Heyer is credited with creating the historical romance genre, beginning with The Black Moth in 1921. She was influenced by Jane Austen and released Regency Buck in 1935, essentially establishing Regency romance as a sub-genre. This year, Naxos AudioBooks is releasing several…
The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen
Narrated by Simon Vance The Boleyn King is the first book in a trilogy set in an “alternative” Tudor time-line, and having thoroughly enjoyed the books in print, I was really pleased to see that they’ve been made into audiobooks with…
Dancing on the Wind by Mary Jo Putney
Narrated by William Kirby Some of Mary Jo Putney’s books have been available in audio format for a number of years, but the author has recently begun self-publishing some of her back catalogue in audio format. So far, she has…
Summerset Abbey by T. J. Brown
Narrated by Sarah Coomes Summerset Abbey seems to have been clearly aimed at the Downton Abbey market, and not just because of the similarity in the names. Summerset is set in 1913, and is the first of a trilogy that follows…
Looking Back at August – Our Reviews, News, & Features
After a July full of events and special features, normal service resumed at AudioGals in August, with 28 reviews, including the eagerly awaited new book from Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Heroes Are My Weakness. Our monthly Audio Picks received even more…
The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig
Narrated by Kate Reading The Mark of the Midnight Manzanillais the penultimate in Lauren Willig’s highly entertaining Pink Carnation series, and, as with the books that precede it, has a dual storyline which switches between the early nineteenth and twenty-first centuries…
The Scoundrel’s Seduction by Jennifer Haymore
Narrated by Adrian Lukis The Scoundrel’s Seductionis the third book in a trilogy featuring the three Hawkins brothers, one of whom is the Duke of Trent, the other two being his illegitimate half-siblings. The hero of this story is the…
To Marry a Scottish Laird by Lynsay Sands
Narrated by Kieron Elliot To Marry a Scottish Laird is a simple compromised-into-marriage story, which is normally one of my favourite tropes in the genre of historical romance. The problem is that while in some cases simplicity of story leaves ample room…
The Escape by Mary Balogh
Narrated by Rosalyn Landor This is the third book in Ms Balogh’s Survivors Club series of books that follows a group of war veterans who were physically and/or mentally wounded in the Napoleonic Wars. In The Escape, our hero is…