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  • By: Eloisa James
  • Narrator: Susan Duerden
  • Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: July 02, 2013
  • Language: English
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Much Ado About You Audiobook Summary

When you’re the oldest daughter, you don’t get to have any fun!

Witty, orphaned Tess Essex faces her duty: marry well and marry quickly, so she can arrange matches for her three sisters — beautiful Annabel, romantic Imogen and practical Josie. After all, right now they’re under the rather awkward guardianship of the perpetually tipsy Duke of Holbrook. But just when she begins to think that all might end well, one of her sisters bolts with a horse-mad young lord, and her own fiance just plain runs away.

Which leaves Tess contemplating marriage to the sort of man she wishes to avoid — one of London’s most infamous rakes. Lucius Felton is a rogue whose own mother considers him irredeemable! He’s delicious, Annabel points out. And he’s rich, Josie notes. But although Tess finally consents to marry him, it may be for the worst reason of all. Absurd as she knows it to be, she may have fallen utterly in love . . .

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Much Ado About You Audiobook Narrator

Susan Duerden is the narrator of Much Ado About You audiobook that was written by Eloisa James

Eloisa James is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author and professor of English literature, who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight. Visit her at www.eloisajames.com.

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Narrator Susan Duerden
Length 11 hours 15 minutes
Author Eloisa James
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date July 02, 2013
ISBN 9780062230096

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The publisher of the Much Ado About You is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062230096.

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Jessica's

May 24, 2017

3.5 cute stars I really enjoyed this book and all the characters that got introduced in this book except for Imogen. I couldn't stand Imogen. I thought she was selfish, childish and a all around naive airhead. Mrs. Eloisa James has her work cut out for her to get me change my mind on Imogen when I get to her book. The main couple of this book Tess and Lucius were both very likable. I enjoyed their relationship. Lucius reminded me a little of Mr Darcy of Pride and Prejudice. But all that being said there was just something about the way things were worded at times that would throw me off it was weird. Other than that I really liked this book and the set up for the series. I am looking forward to the other books in this series.

Melindam

August 14, 2020

Another of those instances where I wrote quite a good review (even if I say so myself!), but because I tried to do some update on that ghastly GR App on the phone (I cannot tell you how much I loathe it) it's just gone. :(OK, so it wasn't exactly Shakespeare or Hardy, but I did work with it. :(((((

Jessica

March 06, 2021

This is definitely not going to be for everyone, but I think I enjoyed it so much because I listened to the audiobook. When this first started, I had no idea who the heroine or hero were going to be. Then, three hours in, I still had no idea who the hero would be (we had three potential suitors). I did really love how Tess was super close to her sisters and how they were all trying to find themselves husbands. The duke was a really fun character and it was sweet that he was their guardian and was trying to help them find the right husbands. A lot of the characters, even the girls, have a background in horse racing and training, and I loved how that was part of the story. I don't read too any historical that have to do with horses, so that was a nice change. The romance took a long time to develop and, to me, the first kiss kind of came out of nowhere. The relationship and tru feelings didn't really connect for me until well into this book, which is why I can only give this four stars. But I am really excited for the next book in this series to watch another Essex sister fall in love!

Beatriz

December 09, 2019

¡Qué libro más lindo! Para mí, lo mejor del #RetoRita de este año. Me gustó absolutamente todo, partiendo por el estilo cuidado y sugerente de la autora. Cada una de las escenas de la pareja principal rebosa de sensualidad, pero en entornos y situaciones que les dan un cariz único; creo que la “noche de bodas” de esta pareja es una de las más bonitas que he leído. ¡Y qué decir del final! creo que pocas veces he visto un giro así en un libro de romántica, que permite comprender la naturaleza de un personaje que la autora, intencionalmente supongo, mantuvo oculta durante gran parte de la lectura.Al ser el libro introductorio de una serie, se ocupan muchas páginas contextualizando la trama y los personajes. Pero el estilo de Eloísa James hace que un argumento que no es excesivamente original en el género, nos conquiste con la camaradería de estas cuatro hermanas, tan diferentes entre sí, pero que a la vez se complementan tan bien y que desde ya se advierte cómo irán envolviendo en sus lazos familiares a su adorable tutor. Creo que tengo tantas ganas de conocer las historias individuales de las demás hermanas en sus respectivas entregas, como de saber cómo seguirán avanzando todos los personajes en conjunto. Lo recomiendo muchísimo. Reto Rita 3.o (diciembre)

Jilly

March 05, 2017

This one had everything you want in a Historical Romance. There were so many times that I felt a little flavor of Sense & Sensibility and Pride & Prejudice, but really no feeling of the book's namesake, Much Ado About Nothing. They do quote the play a few times, but I didn't feel there was a storyline connection. And, that's fine with me.not a "happy ending" kinda guySo, we have four sisters whose father recently died. He was a major horse-guy.um, no. Not like that.He owns horses, bets on horses, and even gave his daughters to one of his horsey friends to be their guardian after he dies. This guardian expects little children, but gets a bunch of young women who are of age to get married. His job just became a whole lot more complicated.Welcome to parenthood!Luckily, the guardian has a bunch of his horsey friends coming to stay with him because of a horse event nearby.Not that kind of event.. Thank goodness!So, the girls are basically choosing who they want. We get to know them all a little bit, but the focus of the story is on the eldest, Tess. Tess agrees to marry one guy, but she really wants another one. And, she does get married. I won't tell you if she marries the safe, nice guy or the rakish brooding one. I wouldn't want to spoil it for you.The book was fun and cute. I liked Tess and her "mystery" husband a lot. However, one of the younger sisters, Imogen, was kind of a jerk. I do like that the sisters weren't all perfect and loving to each other like the saints in some of the other HR books who seem to have no basis in reality. I don't have a sister, but still... siblings squabble.I would recommend this book to HR lovers. And, horse lovers. You read a lot of horsey stuff. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Floripiquita

September 23, 2021

No había leído nada de Eloísa James y, gracias al #RetoRita3 #RitaJames, he descubierto a una autora con una pluma muy cuidada y cuyas tramas me parecen muy bien escritas, con unos diálogos ágiles e inteligentes. Este libro es el primero de una serie, que la misma autora define como una mezcla entre Sexo en Nueva York y Mujercitas (pues las protagonistas son 4 hermanas) y en el que encontramos referencias y guiños a Sentido y sensibilidad y Orgullo y prejuicio de Jane Austen.Además de presentarnos a las hermanas Essex y a los personajes que van a formar parte de su entorno -entre los que destacan: para bien, su tutor, el duque de Holbrook, y, para mal, Imogen, la tercera de las hermanas-, no en vano se trata de un libro introductorio, en esta primera entrega se narra la historia de Tess, la hermana mayor. Como sucedía en la época, el futuro de las cuatro hermanas depende de que la primera se case bien. Así, vemos cómo Tess se debate entre dos pretendientes, el que debería querer y al que desea en realidad: Lucius, una especie de Sr. Darcy con el que al final compartirá mucho más que un matrimonio de conveniencia. ¡Qué maravilla de noche de bodas, señora James! Por no hablar del día en las carreras...Estoy deseando conocer la historia del resto de estas hermanas escocesas.

Jacob

January 20, 2014

This was a very fun Regency romance. Tess and her three sisters find themselves orphaned and thrown into the wardship of a kind, though indolent Duke. The obvious solution is that one of them should marry well, quickly, so that the others can be presented under her auspices. Tess, being the oldest, feels this responsibility keenly and begins looking about her for suitable candidates. Naturally, their guardian's friends are first up for consideration.The book's scope is pretty limited, really, because you mostly get Rafe (the guardian) and a couple of his friends plus a few neighbors. From that limited cast, James serves up a great story of developing love and respect and scheming and compatibility.I loved Tess as a heroine, and you really can't not fall for Lucius, with his solid strength, reserve, and ultimately deeply-seated passion. He's the quiet guy with enough of a past to be vulnerable and enough success to be confident and that's a potent combination.A note about Steamy: A handful of long, explicit sex scenes that build to an ultimately loving relationship. I like how good James is in using the explicit sex as a marker or motivator for the deeper emotions her characters develop. It's a strength in the last couple of her books I've read and I hope it's a regular pattern for her work.

Pepa

December 13, 2019

Reseña completa: https://masromance.blogspot.com/2019/...me ha gustado mucho.Recomiendo no leer las sinopsis de los siguientes, pues desde el principio la autora plantea dos posibles parejas y el que no será el elegido aquí, protagoniza su propia historia. Así que aviso de posible spoilerEl tema está muy bien llevado y me ha mantenido en vilo hasta la primera parte de la novela, el que quería que se quedara con ella y el que tenía más números. Y se ha quedado con el que yo quería: Fiesta loca!!!!Es de esos protagonistas fríos por fuera pero amorosos por dentro, un encanto. Ains, ya sabéis que me encantan estos estirados protagonistas y este lo tiene todo, pero un corazón enormeEs el primero de la serie y, naturalmente, demasiadas páginas están dedicadas a plantear la situación y presentarnos otros personajes, eso le resta espacio para desarrollar más la historia principal ( y le ha restado 1 estrella) Es una novela plagada de dialogos, por lo tanto, de lectura muy ágil, la crítica al género maasculino está presente en más de una ocasión, y todos los personajes representan una virtud o defecto social, eso me gusta mucho. Aunque no ha tenido espacio para desarrollar todo lo que me hubiera gustadoSeguramente seguiré con la serie, aunque será ya el año que viene y veo que no tiene tan buenas opinionesUna autora que me ha gustado, mejor que la novela anterior que había leído de ella, un estilo sobrio y tradicional ;) pero con escenas hot... erotismo sin ser implicito. A veces ese erotismo es mucho más efectivo.

Alba

October 11, 2019

4 Estrellas para éste libro, que me ha sorprendido muy gratamente. Quizás al terminarlo me arrepiento de no haber leído antes a Eloisa James, pues me he dado cuenta de que me estoy perdiendo a una gran autora.“Los maridos también se enamoran” es el primer libro del cuarteto de las hermanas Essex. Solo por esto ya podemos darnos cuenta de que Louisa May Alcott y sus “Mujercitas” han sido claves para la inspiración de la autora. Pese a ello, la historia no tiene mucho que ver con ellas, aunque Eloisa James se ha inspirado tanto en ésta autora, como en Jane Austen.¿De qué va ésta serie? Las hermanas Essex acaban de quedarse huérfanas. Como hijas de un vizconde escocés arruinado, no las queda mucho más que las exiguas ropas que llevan, y como dote, un caballo de carreras. El padre de las chicas era un hombre obsesionado con los caballos de carreras, perdió más que ganó en las mismas y su obsesión fue lo que acabó con él. Pero a su muerte, hizo quizás lo único bueno que podía hacer por sus hijas, nombró tutor de las chicas a su amigo el duque de Holbrook.Rafe, el duque de Holbrook, es un hombre tan obsesionado por las carreras como el padre de las chicas, también es un borrachín encantador, que no desea casarse, ni está preparado para ser el tutor de cuatro niñas. Cuando las “niñas” llegan, Rafe se sorprende de que son unas jóvenes, alguna de ellas incluso ha pasado la edad casadera, y la menor, que aún debe estar encerrada en el aula.¿Qué debe hacer Rafe con las cuatro chicas a su cargo? Pues como sus amigos, el conde de Mayne y Lucius Felton le aconsejan, casarlas, y casarlas bien. Las cuatro son hermosas, y aunque no poseen aparentemente nada, sus valiosos caballos serán suficientes para tentar a cualquier marido obsesionado con las carreras.Y así es como conocemos a las cuatro hermanas Essex, Tess, la mayor y heroína de ésta historia, la pragmática Annabel, la vehemente Imogen, y la pequeña Josie. En ésta serie tenemos las historias de éstas cuatro hermanas, y la relación que las une, como son mejores amigas, como discuten y se cuentan confidencias, e incluso a veces como se quieren y como se odian.Parece que el futuro de las cuatro, reside en que la mayor se case bien. Tess sabe de la responsabilidad que ha caído sobre ella, pues encontrar un buen marido puede ser una seguridad para el mercado matrimonial de sus hermanas; así que los amigos de su tutor bien podrían servir para ello. ¿Debería Tess elegir al conde de Mayne? Tiene un título respetable, es atractivo, pero algo aburrido, mientras que el simple señor Lucius Felton es tan atractivo como el otro, nada en dinero y le hace a Tess que le tiemblen las piernas cada vez que está en su presencia.Como podemos adivinar, sí, ésta es la historia de Tess y Lucius. Lucius pertenece a la nobleza venida a menos, y ha hecho su fortuna en el comercio, motivo por el que sus aristocráticos padres rompieron toda relación con él. Lucius tiene una vida respetable y no desea casarse, por lo menos hasta que conoce a Tess y su mundo se tambalea de tal manera, que entre las románticas del género no podemos dejar de compararlo con los actos que el señor Darcy hace por Lizzy Bennet en “Orgullo y Prejuicio”. No es que Lucius sea un dechado de virtudes, pero si un protagonista masculino que poco a poco entra en el corazoncito de toda lectora de romántica.Pero esto no será todo, entre medias tendremos mucho de caballos, carreras, otro romance por en medio, y sobre todo las diatribas y discusiones de las hermanas. Anabelle desea casarse con un marido rico para que no la falte de nada, como sí ocurrió en su anterior vida; la dulce Imogen desea casarse con el joven amigo de su padre Draven Maitland, un joven tan descerebrado como el padre de las chicas, y que resulta es el vecino más inmediato de su tutor; en cuanto a la pequeña Josie, solo tiene quince años y su destino era encontrarle una institutriz para que por lo menos una de ellas reciba la educación adecuada.De modo que éstas son las hermanas Essex, y con una pluma elocuente, Eloisa James nos presenta ésta serie, que me da, puede ser de las mejores que lea del género. “Los maridos también se enamoran” me ha sorprendido y me ha gustado mucho y estoy deseando conocer el resto de historias de las otras hermanas.

Mimi

August 12, 2020

This is a book I've read over so many times entirely because I love revisiting the scenes between Tess and Lucius. Their romance is a masterclass in emotional subtlety. Every weighted glance, every unspoken word, means so much. And as their relationship progresses and Lucius begins to express himself more and more, and to allow himself to love and be loved, WOW. Just wow. I'm an absolute sucker for a romance with a sensible, loving heroine and a strong, silent hero (especially when that hero's solemn facade masks an untapped reservoir of deep emotion), and this book has that and so much more. One of my absolute faves!

Petra

September 08, 2022

Oh Eloisa James I keep coming back to you because you are so much fun to read. For about 30 percent of the book I was expecting the duke of Holbrook to be our hero so when the first kiss with someone else came and went I didn’t think much of it. But when another character proposed and she accepted I was completely lost. I had to look up on Goodreads who the hero was otherwise I would be waiting till the end of the book for the Duke to come to a scratch. After I set my expectations correctly, the story became more romantic. Otherwise it was a good book and got me immediately interested in stories of other 3 sisters. So here I am starting on the second in the series. I think Eloisa James sprinkled some kind of magic dust on this series because even though I had different books on my TBR I simply must know about all sisters and their suitors. Especially about Josie and Mayne.

Ivonne.

December 07, 2019

Al ser una serie sobre 4 hermanas, buena parte de la historia es más introductoria, así que en esta primea parte iremos conociendo como es cada una e ellas, preparándonos para las siguientes historias, al inicio vemos como al morir el padre, las 4 hermanas nacidas y criadas en Escocia, llegan a vivir a casa de su tutor el Duque Rafe Holbrook en Inglaterra, el cual se está preparando para recibir a 4 niñas, sorprendiéndose al ver que todas son ya señoritas casaderas, avocándose a la tarea de conseguir marido para cada una, por lo tanto una vez que la historia se centra en el romance de amor de Tess (hermana mayor) y Lucius, es que llegamos a disfrutar un poco mas, ambos me han gustado mucho y tienen un química excelente, aunque me hubiera gustado que se desarrolle un poco más al personaje de Lucius. Le doy 3.5 y con esta historia termino mi reto #Rita3.0 #RitaJames

Miranda

April 22, 2013

I read this and was delighted by the author's wit and voice. And I really slipped into the time period, thanks to her command of Regency realities (or her completely convincing interpretation of them). There were many, many sharply observed moments I enjoyed. But...The characters took me a while to warm to, though I did understand their different personalities with the fair/dark, romantic/mercenary, gorgeous/even more gorgeous/pudgy, etc. differences between the sisters delineated a number of times. Important male characters were numerous but also well-differentiated. This story's main H/h romance took a back seat to all the introductions but I rollicked right along for the most part. Certain key moments seemed a bit abrupt, their passion goes from 0 to 60 in no time, really. I wish there had been more build up between them. Sadly, the male character I was most curious to know about, their guardian the duke, couples the least appealing sister in another book. But she could surprise me so I'll give it a try.I think overall, sudden, important emotional shifts left me scratching my head, perhaps because it felt as though all was in service to the series' overview, rather than this story, so I didn't have as satisfying a sense of the two lovers' romance. I liked them but...well, it was hard to focus on them in the crowd. 3.5

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