How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days audiobook

Creo que todos coincidimos en que cada vez que comenzamos un libro del género romántico (sobre todo histórico), tenemos un 100% de certeza respecto de cómo acabará. La gracia de estas lecturas está en el desarrollo, el argumento, los conflictos, los personajes y las situaciones que nos llevarán hacia aquel anhelado desenlace.Inevitablemente las fórmulas se van acabando, por lo que una y otra vez nos vamos encontrando con los mismos clichés. Pero a veces… sólo a veces… se tiene la suerte de descubrir novelas del género con un trasfondo tan único y original, como es el caso de Un Pacto Audaz. La verdad, es muy poco lo que se puede decir sin revelar los secretos de este libro (que además, la sinopsis no deja entrever para nada), pero, sin duda, te deja los sentimientos a flor de piel.Muy recomendable.

Me ha gustado.Este sí que tiene el sello de la autora, aunque sorprende con un transfondo que me ha gustado mucho, sobre todo, porque me ha parecido una actitud muy coherente. Y no, no voy a decir de qué estoy hablando porque sería hacer un gran spoiler.Solo diré que al leer la primera entrega de la serie me había hecho una idea muy equivocada de esta protagonista.Quizás es una historia que no tiene gran cosa, realmente es una novela que transcurre sin grandes sobresaltos ni grandes giros, más de sentimientos y, sobre todo, de superaciones y conquistas. Pero la he disfrutado mucho** Reseña completa: http://masromance.blogspot.com.es/201...

On Kindle sale Sep 4th 2019 for USD 1.99It's a great thing, when you start reading a book and without noticing a few hours later you're at 70% on your Kindle wondering what happened. And the only reason you did not read it all they way through in one sitting is because you have to eat. Solid writing and story telling, lovely characters, romantic, a little sad and dark, it's a slow burn, but it totally works.

Por si no les ha quedado claro ando en el mood Guhrke.Este es el segundo libro de la serie herederas americanas y tiene como protagonistas a Edie y Stuart Duques de Margrave.Su matrimonio es uno por conveniencia él necesitaba dinero para salvar las propiedades de su familia y ella necesitaba recuperar su honor pero sobre todo no quería volver a Nueva York donde su reputación está por los suelos, ella le propone un trata a este famoso y libertino Duque ella pagará todas sus deudas con su dote y mantendrá a toda su familia a cambio que le de independencia y él se vaya del país como tanto quiere y que no vuelva nunca.Así pasan cinco años pero como todo acuerdo con el tiempo siempre cambian.El Duque de Margrave ha regresado gracias a un incidente en África que lo ha hecho reflexionar. Stuart quiere estar en casa y conquistar a su esposa y ahora sí no la dejará que lo aleje.Tiene 10 días para convencerla de que él es el hombre que la puede hacer feliz y que siempre la amará peo la tiene muy difícil.Stuart es uno de los protagonistas más lindos que he leído, tierno y amoroso me sorprendió mucho porque pensé que sería el típico libertino que cambia por amor y así pero no porque él en realidad es así todo lindo y tiene una paciencia infinita.A pesar de que ha sufrido no permite que eso lo controle al contrario lo hace actuar mejor.Edie al principio no me estaba agradando pero conforme se fue abriendo y evolucionando a lo largo de la historia llegó a ser una gran protagonista, lo que le pasó fue algo terrible que la marcó e hizo que no creyera en el amor.Es una historia bastante bonita, sentimental con momentos dolorosos pero sobre todo llena de amor.

Me ha encantado, mucho más que la primera entrega de esta serie. Diez días para conseguir que ella desee besarle (no es spoiler, lo pone en la sinopsis). Para mí, se han reducido a cuatro en la lectura porque no podía soltar el libro. Si no le doy 5 estrellas es porque he leído alguna novela mejor de esta misma autora y porque creo que al protagonista masculino le falta un poco de la viveza que suelen tener los galanes de Guhrke. El romanticismo y la sensualidad que destila la historia sí están en su línea, igual que los secundarios y la fluidez en la narración y diálogos. Una novela que nos habla indirectamente de la lucha por superar los miedos, de los escudos con que los protegemos y la tenacidad con que los mantenemos en alto hasta que el amor consigue traspasarlos. Muy recomendable.

I chose this book as one of the Best of 2014 at Romantic Historical Reviews.* * * * *Laura Lee Guhrke, one of my favorite historical romance authors, cleverly reworks the marriage of convenience trope in this funny, touching romance. Yes, the Earl of Margrave must marry quickly to stave off bankruptcy, but his American heiress, Edie Jewell, has her own reasons for rushing into marriage. Her father is forcing her to return to New York, where she is a social pariah after being compromised and not married by the man involved. It is Edie, not Stuart, who proposes. It is Edie, not Stuart, who insists that the marriage not be consummated. It is Edie, not Stuart, who sets the terms of the marriage. She will pay all of Stuart's debts, provide him with a generous income, support his impecunious relatives, and manage his estates. All that Stuart has to do is leave England and never come back. This condition sounds dire, but since Stuart has spent many years in Africa and wants only to return there forever, he accepts immediately. Five years pass. Edie is quite happy with her estates, her charitable causes, and with raising her younger sister. Stuart enjoys his life in Africa but he suffers a serious injury and returns to England. He has had second thoughts about their arrangement, so he visits Edie to propose that they try to build a life together. Stuart is quite a sympathetic character. We like him, so when Edie adamantly refuses to even consider being a real wife to him, she comes across as cold and unreasonably selfish. Stuart intuitively realizes that Edie's refusal has nothing to do with him, but rather stems from some trauma in her past. He sets out to find the reason and to woo her, but he has only ten days, as Edie has demanded a legal separation and booked passage back to America. Stuart must be the most patient and understanding romantic hero I've ever read, as he tenderly, but determinedly, tries to help heal Edie's wounds. It is a lovely love story, and nothing feels contrived or trite. This is definitely Guhrke's best book since my favorite, And Then He Kissed Her. I highly recommend them both.

3,75

Stuart made a arrangement with Edie, to leave England once they married and her fortune paid his family's debts and that he would never return. So its been five years, and Stuart has been in Africa, but when a lioness attacks him and he almost dies, there is one face that kept him alive, his wife Edie. So he has a new purpose in life, to return to England and win her heart. Edie left America to escape a scandal that was forced on her, and when she first saw Stuart she knew he was the way to get her independence, but knew she could never be intimate with him. Its been five years, and she has managed all of his estates, and dealt with his distant relatives, and trying to send her younger sister to school. Then he shows up right in front of her, and she can't believe that her husband is in England, when she didn't expect to ever see him again. Stuart knows he has a battle to win with Edie, and he forms a agreement with her, if he can get her to kiss him in ten days then she will stay in England and be his wife, but if he can't get her to kiss him then he will sign separation forms. So Stuart begins a slow seduction of his wife, wanting to coax her into opening to him, to trust him with a secret that he knows she is hiding, and make her believe that he loves her and will anything to keep her in his life, the battle is on!!How To Lose A Duke In Ten Days is the second book in the latest series by Laura Lee Gurhke. For some reason I don't think I have read the first book, which is strange considering how much I adore this author, I will read anything she writes. Ever since I read "Marriage Bed" I was fascinated with this author, and I have enjoyed every book she has written, so its not surprise I fell in love with Stuart and Edie. Before I had a chance to read this, I read some fantastic reviews on this story, and I was very excited to start it. This is a story that is one of my favorite set ups in regency romance. A injured hero, needing reconciliation with his wife, and a slow seduction--oh boy, did I love these two. Edie is stubborn and almost leaves England before really talking with Stuart, she is a fighter, and wants her independence and freedom, and at first you think she seems a bit high handed and eccentric. Who runs from a handsome scoundrel of a husband that wants her body and soul right? When you realize the secret that Edie has kept secret, and to herself, you start to understand her in a different light. Stuart is a delectable hero of this story. I just loved him from the beginning, you see how much he is willing to do to gain Edie's trust. He is a bit injured, and I loved how he handles his injury, and the way he forms a bond with Edie, and their chemistry is slow but strong and it was a very stimulating experience seeing these two come together.There was so many beautiful and tender scenes that wrung my emotions, and I did need a tissue or two. The steam level in this book is under "warm", passionate but not over kill and I felt like it the whipping cream on the most tasty treat. What really got to me was the growth of their relationship emotionally. Especially the later half of the story, I could barely keep a grip on my emotions, I was all over the place. When these two start to develop a trusting relationship, and desire flares, that is when things get heated and highly involved and what a variety of spices and flavors of passion and love. I would recommend this book to anyone that loves a tender love story, endearing characters, and rich in emotion and drama...A DELIGHTFUL TREAT TO WARM YOU ALL OVER!!!

Solid 3.5, rounded up to 4 for the nice romance aspect.This turned out to be lovely story. What I liked:-No OW drama-hero was actually a very sensitive, decent man (despite the African hunter rubbish that I hate)-heroine was a kind, courageous, intelligent woman who managed estates competently-The sweet and sexy way the hero went about seducing his wife, helping her to get past the nasty event that happened in AmericaWhat I didn't like so much:-that the hero had hunted elephants etc in Africa (poetic justice that he was mauled by a lioness)-that the heroine's obvious competence in managing a number of estates for 5 years ALONE was never acknowledged by the hero, except in a lukewarm way-he noted (to himself- never actually told HER) that she had done "quite a good job" (damned with faint praise, much?)-that the hero was financially dependent on the heroine, her money had saved his almost bankrupt Duchy, yet everyone deferred to him (even the staff, although he had been in absentia for 5 years)-could not stand the little sister Joanna- total pain.So a few "feminist" issues for me, but I still enjoyed the book. The writing was good, the Americanisms (by the English characters- didn't mind them by the Americans, of course!) were relatively few and it was a sweetly sexy read. Will definitely be reading more by this author.

4.5 rounded up to 5 stars. This was a first for me by this author and I really loved it. What a great find and only because friend, Carol Cork, recommended it; I would normally by-pass a book with such a silly title! But this is a lovely story, with memorable characters, beautifully written and covering serious issues still relevant today. I listened to the audio version narrated by Susan Ericksen and didn't think I'd enjoy it as I'm a bit stuck in my ways and have my favourites, but she did a fab job. I especially think she captured the, younger, 15 year old sister expertly. I shan't be put off in future when I see this narrator's name.

Qué libro más bonito, si señor. Jamás me imaginé lo que había detrás de toda la historia. Stuart me ha encantado y Edie, qué decir de Edie! Creo que comienzo a conocer a esta autora y le gustan los finales precipitados!! Jajaja Pero, bueno, ojalá todos los males fueran solo eso. De momento, esta serie, para los amantes de histórica, muy recomendable.

Realized this was a re-read after the 3rd chapter and brought back memories for me. What worked for me was his persistence in winning his wife back as helping her overcome her bad experience in the States.Was a lovely story and I enjoyed it the first time via audi. Like Ms Guhrke novels and look forward to finishing the series.4-stars

Aquest m'ha agradat molt. Més que el primer de la sèrie Herederas a la que pertany. La parella protagonista, dues persones danyades, molt sensibles, amb pors inconfessables. Ell, Stuart,un encant d'home. Fantàstic com la va conquerint poquet a poquet, amb la paraula... i els massatges. A ella l'havíem conegut en el llibre previ. La novel·la comença amb ells dos casats, el que la fa diferent a les altres.Es llegeix en un tres i no res.Este me ha gustado mucho. Más que el primero de la serie Herederas a la que pertenece. La pareja protagonista, dos personas dañadas, muy sensibles, con miedos inconfesables. Él, Stuart, un encanto de hombre. Fantástico cómo la va conquistando poquito a poquito, con la palabra... y los masajitos. A ella ya la habíamos conocido en el libro previo. La novela se inicia con ellos ya casados, por lo que es diferente a las demás. Se lee en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.