Listening to Georgette Heyer
It’s all about Georgette Heyer this week and we’re starting today’s feature with a reminder that it’s the last day to enter our giveaway. We’re giving away five copies (downloads) of your choice of Georgette Heyer audiobook title courtesy of Naxos Audiobooks. You can…
Discovering Georgette Heyer
Years before Georgette Heyer’s books were reissued by Sourcebook, a friend told me about the author and her marvelous books. I started scouring used book stores for old, often yellowed, copies and felt like a successful treasure seeker every time…
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…
Screwdrivered by Alice Clayton
Narrated by Heather Smith Screwdrivered is Book 3 in the Cocktail series, which started with Wallbanger then moved on to Rusty Nailed (both featuring the same hero/heroine, Simon and Caroline). Simon’s high school friend Viv is living a rather mundane life (if you can call being a 29-year-old…
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…
A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGuire
Narrated by Emma Galvin and Zachary Webber A Beautiful Wedding is listed as Book 2.5 in Jamie McGuire’s Disaster series. Usually, I avoid novellas, but I was intrigued by the synopsis so decided to give this a shot. Since the book…
The Pride of Jared MacKade by Nora Roberts
Narrated by Luke Daniels The Pride of Jared MacKade was published in 1995 but has only just been released in audio format. I was thinking that the story was a little dated but then I remembered that in 1995 I was…
Rusty Nailed by Alice Clayton
Narrated by Heather Smith Having been a huge fan of Wallbanger, the hilarious, romantic tale of the very unusual path towards the coupling of Caroline and Simon, I just knew that I had to listen to this sequel, Rusty Nailed. There is just…
Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare
Narrated by Eva Kaminsky If you’re looking for a sweet, feel-good, historical romance, with a Cinderella like plot, then I highly recommend Any Duchess Will Do. This was my first book by Tessa Dare, and I guarantee it will not…