The Bargain
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Narrated by:
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Nicola Barber
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By:
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Jane Ashford
About this listen
A scientifically minded nobleman, Lord Alan Gresham is the sixth son of the Duke of Langford and, as such, has been allowed to remain at Oxford to pursue his scientific studies. When the prince regent asks him to debunk the "ghost" of a dead actress haunting Carlton House, he cannot refuse, and is forced back to the Society he deplores. But upon meeting the daughter of the alleged ghost, his calm, logical investigation is disrupted.
Learns the breathless chemistry of desire. Ariel Harding doesn't believe in ghosts, but she's determined to investigate this haunting. Her mother recently committed suicide, and Ariel is desperate to find the reason. She'll work with Alan because he has access to Prinny's resources, but she never dreamed she'd make a perilous bargain with a man who's as maddeningly arrogant as he is confoundedly attractive....
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- H.A.B.
- 03-04-23
Fun story - good plot
A delightful story - and with a twist , which makes it most enjoyable- and well presented
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- Mrs ES Gilliver
- 12-02-23
A good yarn
Another fun story with good research behind it . I found it helped my hospital recovery and it was well read
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-04-25
The irritating stupidity of the male protagonist
I liked the character of Ariel, and the performance of the male characters, as well as they way they are portrayed.
I disliked the ‘hero’- he’s a stupid misogynist, often with a cruel lack of consideration for the feelings of others. He takes advantage of the heroine’s vulnerability, and he’s a snob who never alters (he respects her ancestry when he learns of it but not before). He’s arrogant and ignorant so it feels unlikely that he would make such a clever woman a good match, longterm. He doesn’t come down a peg when he’s regularly proven a fool, so it’s annoying that she still likes him.
Also dislike the bizarre modern Americanisms!
I did like the portrayal of the complex mother and the relationship between Ariel and Bess, and Ariel’s feelings throughout are well drawn.
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- Thor
- 23-01-25
A Fairy Tale, where pigs do fly.
Why write about a period time? If you ignore all the societies rules and regulations. Even the servants protected, their place in society. They were as big a snobs as those in the TON.
The play they watch was critised for being Implausible. This story jumps into a "parallel universe." Where a daughter of actress goes to Charlton House, a nurse-maid mixes with the TON. The heroine is labelled as an mistress. Instead of being revile by the society, she is accepted. The characters are all from the 21st century.
I prefer to have honesty, when I buy a book, ie "what you see is what you get." I feel cheated as this story is flying under false colours. Sadly it also an extremely boring, all set peices.
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