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  • By: Tessa Dare
  • Narrator: Carmen Rose
  • Category: Fiction, General, Romance
  • Length: 9 hours 0 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: January 28, 2014
  • Language: English
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Romancing the Duke Audiobook Summary

As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens. She never doubted romance would be in her future, too. The storybooks offered endless possibilities.

And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off. One by one by one.

Ugly duckling turned swan?

Abducted by handsome highwayman?

Rescued from drudgery by charming prince?

No, no, and . . . Heh.

Now Izzy’s given up yearning for romance. She’ll settle for a roof over her head. What fairy tales are left over for an impoverished twenty-six year-old woman who’s never even been kissed?

This one.

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Romancing the Duke Audiobook Narrator

Carmen Rose is the narrator of Romancing the Duke audiobook that was written by Tessa Dare

Tessa Dare is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of more than a dozen historical romances. A librarian by training and a book-lover at heart, Tessa makes her home in Southern California, where she shares a cozy, cluttered bungalow with her husband, their two children, and a pair of cosmic kittens.

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Romancing the Duke Full Details

Narrator Carmen Rose
Length 9 hours 0 minutes
Author Tessa Dare
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date January 28, 2014
ISBN 9780062333513

Subjects

The publisher of the Romancing the Duke is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, General, Romance

Additional info

The publisher of the Romancing the Duke is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062333513.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

chan ☆

October 03, 2020

i'msorryiknowisayittoooftenbut finally some good fucking foodi had all but given up hope that i would like another Tessa Dare book. patterns and similarities are really the death of my reading experience. once i can tell recycled plot lines, characters, and themes in an author's works it kinda goes downhill for me. however. this book was fresh and that made all the difference.the gist of this book is that ye olde spinster Izzy is bequeathed a crumbling castle. castle's former owner is still occupying it and wasn't aware it had been sold (did i mention the former owner is a hottie mcdamaged man?)... oh and also Izzy is the star of her late father's book series that has earned a large fan base and no one can seem to see past the fictionalized version of her. i really liked it. it was a typical Dare romp with enough flair to separate it from her other works. the damaged hero in this was believable and sweet. and Izzy's main struggle was pretty damn endearing. honestly, no complaints here. it's not a 5 star from me simply because i'm not sure i 100% connect with the romances in Dare's books. but it was nonetheless a satisfying read.

Anne

July 03, 2021

Wanna read a story about a moody blind guy who pushes everyone away from him? Scarred heroes aren't my thing. They tend to be angry pricks, and I'm just not turned on by mopey and/or dark dudes.Guess I'm just funny like that...However, humorous historical romances with plucky heroines are my thing, and that's what made Romancing the Duke a big win for me! This story? Well, it's filled to the brim with stuff that I hate.Handsome blind hero and plain/ugly duckling woman.. Hero is physically & emotionally scarred.Hero is calloused and mean. Each of those are things that make me want to ask: How many fingers I'm holding up? Now, I know a lot of you love the stuff I mentioned, and even actively seek those sort of books out, but I'm soooo glad I didn't know about them until I already had the book in my hot little hands.BECAUSE IT WAS SO CUTE! No, really!Izzy was just so spunky, and funny, and cute. Her life has been less than amazing, but she just never gives up. Ever.Every time Ransom (

Jessica's

September 24, 2017

4.5 Goodnight Stars Romancing the Duke is my first Tessa Dare book and I loved it. I really enjoyed her writing style. Her hero Ransom was a foul mouth, damaged, sexy, asshole. The heroine Izzy was a funny, spunky, outgoing woman that I couldn't help but love and root for. Ransom and Izzy had a cute romance and the smexy time was hot! I laughed a lot while reading this book. I love any book that can make me laugh! I loved the plot and I loved the ending. I am so glad I give this book a change and I can't wait to read more books by Tessa Dare!

Chelsea

July 09, 2018

*melts into a puddle on the floor* smutathon is off to a GREAT start 🤤

Heather K (dentist in my spare time)

September 07, 2016

*4.5 stars*I will always credit Tessa Dare as the author who got me hooked on historical romance. If it wasn't for her Spindle Cove series, I might have gone the rest of my life thinking that historical romances were not for me. How VERY wrong I was!I listened to this book on audio, and I shelled out big bucks for it, something I rarely do. However, I listened to all of the Spindle Cove books and feel totally in LOVE and so I didn't want to ruin a good trend. The narrator of this book was Carmen Rose, which was a big change from Carolyn Morris, who was a PRO narrating the Spindle Cove books. It took me a little while to appreciate Carmen Rose's narrating style. While she did nice voices and had great range, something about the cadence or reading abilities felt more forced to me. However, the narration grew on me as I listened on and on, and I ended up really enjoying it. I plan on paying more big bucks (*grumbles*) to continue the series in audio. As for the plot... just wonderful. I have a STRONG weakness for a hero with a disability, especially a grouchy hero, and I simply adored Ransom. Ransom and Izzy were a great match, and I loved how their relationship changed and grew over time. But what I love best is how Tessa Dare keeps me on my toes. She keeps the plot going with some twists and turns that I wouldn't have guessed, and with engaging, extremely witty dialogue. It was an excellent story, and though it was a touch on the long side, I enjoyed every minute of listening. Another Tessa Dare success.

Felicia

December 19, 2016

I think this is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars for me, but it got 4 because it has some yummy steamy stuff in it. If you are intrigued by the idea of a period romance with LARPers in it? This could be your jam! We read this for Vaginal Fantasy and it was overall really enjoyed by all!

Irena BookDustMagic

April 27, 2021

This was simply amazing. I enjoyed it so much, and now I want to read everything Tessa Dare has written.Full review to come.

Nissa | Of Pens and Pages Book Blog

April 24, 2018

Review at Of Pens and Pages.Romancing the Duke was a fun hate-to-love read with a bit of a Beauty and the Beast feel to it. It was whimsical, entertaining, and romantic to the core. Definitely not your conventional pair either. Here we have a flawed man and a woman immortalized by her father's stories.Isolde Ophelia Goodnight, made famous through the stories written by her father Sir Henry Goodnight, learned at a young age that fairytales and fiction are nothing close to reality. Left destitute after her father's passing, she sees a light at the end of the tunnel when her godfather leaves her a castle in his will. She might not be homeless after all.

Sophia

November 21, 2018

To be honest I am not an expert in historical romance. But I know what I like and I know what I don't like. And this book, I liked it. I liked it a lot.When I finished it, I had a huge smile on my face, tears in my eyes and I had difficulties landing back to reality. ...the name Isolde Ophelia Goodnight also suggested romance. Swooning, star-crossed, legendary romance. And for as long as she could remember, Izzy had been waiting—with dwindling faith and increasing impatience—for that part of her life to begin. I loved Isolde Ophelia Goodnight aka Izzy. I want to be her. I wish I could be her. I could actually be her if my father was a writer and I was living in a fantasy world all my life. And if I inherited a huge castle that it was already occupied by a brute, bitter, rude devirly handsome, almost blind duke.Stories with scarred heroes who hate the whole world and then they are soften up when they meet the right girl are my favourites. Ransom Vane, Duke of Rothbury, feels sorry for himself and never liked anybody. Izzy will never treat him like a handicapped. She will be like fresh air, like sunshine. She will be the best thing that ever happened to him -although it will take him a lot of time to realise it.No, the book is NOT sad. I was laughing loudly most of the time. There are so many over the top crazy moments with:-The Moranglians, the most devoted admirers of Izzy' father stories “It is an invasion,” she said, “but a friendly one. We’re getting a visit from the Moranglian Army. -Izzy's pet “What the devil is in this thing?” He opened the valise’s latch.“No, don’t,” Izzy said, jumping forward. “Be careful. She’s sleeping. If you startle her, you’ll—”Too late.With a primal howl of pain, he jerked his hand from the valise. “Mother of—” -Lord Peregrine and his strange questions Would you rather fight one hundred rat-sized elephants or one elephant-sized rat?” And of course Ranson and Izzy have their funny moments “Ransom,” she whispered. “I’ve fallen just a little bit in love with you. You needn’t be worried. I won’t expect you to return the emotion, and I know that this can’t last. But I’ve been waiting so long for somebody to care for, and I . . . I can’t help it.”She waited, heart pounding in her chest, for his reaction.And when it finally came, it was this:A faint, reverberating snore. Both Ranson and Izzy were not lucky in terms of fathers. Ranson never had affection and love when was a kid, Izzy almost starved to death when her father died.Ranson always felt like he was a killer because of his father.Izzy always felt ugly because of her father.But if all these misfortunes in their lives did not happen, they would have never met. And Ranson would never learn what it feels to be caressed and loved. And Izzy would always feel ugly and unworthy.Highly recommend if-you love romance -if you love fairy tales-if you love stories with star-crossed lovers “Look at him. The man’s not delusional. He’s in love.”

Jessica

July 15, 2020

I love Tessa Dare. Like, seriously love. There is something so magical and just easy about her writing that I get sucked in and cannot put her books down. I listened to this one on audio and loved the whole gothic castle atmosphere from the start. Izzy showed up to the castle she was told was left to her, only to find a blind Duke claiming he owns the castle. The castle is crumbling and the Duke is hiding and brooding and not happy at all that Izzy has shown up. From the moment they meet, I was obsessed with Izzy and Ransom. Ransom is a scarred, blind hero who wants nothing to do with Izzy. I love a damaged hero and Ransom has been hurt in his past, so he pushes everyone away. When Izzy shows her vulnerable side, though, he can't help but want to be there for her. Ugh, SO CUUUUUTTEEEE. I also loved how there was a cosplay aspect to this story. Izzy's father wrote this very popular book series and people actually show up who cosplay for the book. It was so fun and I loved how they became an actual integral part of the story. It was so fun watching both Izzy and Ransom help each other and fall in love in the process!

Robin

July 21, 2021

Sale Alert: Amazon Daily Deal 21Jul21 0.99I absolutely adore books about the slightly quirky unconventionally pretty girl who becomes the object of affection for a scandalous man. I don’t care how many times I read it, there is always something about it that calls to me.Izzy has been immortalized in stories as a child think Fred Savage in The Princess Bride. Her father wrote a selection of stories that have a huge active following the historical fiction equivalent of LARPing and Izzy remains a child to all of them even if she is twenty-six. She grew up on fairy tales and hoped to one day be swept away like those princesses and maidens. But at still she has never been kissed and so all those fanciful dreams have fluttered away. That is until she travels to claim and inheritance from her godfather.Ransom has been licking his wounds for some time now. He is mostly blind and haunts a castle that has been in his family for generations. He wants to quietly brood away, but when Izzy comes to his Castle she changes everything. “Of course one kiss changes things. If it's done right, a kiss changes everything.” Now Ransom can’t seem to get Izzy out of his castle or his mind. He is trying his best to show her she isn’t safe left alone with him and his rakish ways but she thwarts him at every turn. She reacts differently than any other woman he has met before and maybe just maybe he doesn’t want her out of his life as much as he first thought. “It’s true. Every time you wake up, you let fly the most marvelous string of curses. It’s never the same twice, do you know that? It’s so intriguing. You’re like a rooster that crows blasphemy.”“Oh, there’s a cock crowing, all right,” he muttered. The push pull between Izzy and Ransom is fantastic. The more he tries to scare her away the more heated things between them become. I loved the sexual heat and tension between these too. I smiled like a stupid school gill through so many of their interactions and couldn’t wait for them to discover that they were perfect for each other. Each had their own hang ups to overcome, Ransom his blindness and Izzy her confidence but together they made a very strong pair. “Astonishing. In the morning, when she sat working at that table of correspondence, silhouetted by sunlight . . . Her hair truly did look like an octopus. It was the way she wore it, he thought. Or maybe the way it wore her. It all sat perched atop her head in that big, inky blob. And no matter how strenuously she pinned it, dark, heavy curls worked loose on all sides, like tentacles. Of course, it was an entrancing, strangely erotic octopus. Ransom worried this might be how fetishes developed.” There were plenty of romantic moments, funny moments and moments that just made me smile. I loved Izzy’s attitude to just make the best out of everything and move along. This was my first Tessa Dare book but I look forward to reading more of her works.Great book for happy stupid fairytale smiles and redeeming of rake by the right woman.

Jilly

January 09, 2017

A young girl who is made famous by a book by her father. He gets rich off of her, but leaves her penniless. This never happens!!okay, maybe rarely...okay, maybe often.Izzy is stuck in the mold that her father made for her. She has lots of fans, but they want her to be the little girl from the stories, not a grown woman. One older fan dies and leaves her a broken-down old castle because the child in the story lives in one.Cool! A castle, right?Maybe not so much. A couple of problems arise. First, the castle is a piece of crap that is completely a mess and she doesn't have a cent to fix it up. But, secondly, and most importantly, the castle is not abandoned at all. The previous owner still lives there. And, he says he never sold it, so she has to leave. Considering she is penniless and homeless, she isn't going without a fight. This is her crappy castle now, dammit! Bats and all!So, we get a glorious co-habitation between the Duke - a guy who was damaged and blinded in a fight so he locked himself away from the world in a crappy castle; and our heroine - a girl who is famous but hasn't even had any food to eat in days by the time she arrives at Castle Craptastic.They live there together as they try to figure out what happened and see who is the rightful owner of this huge, moth-eaten, bug-ridden, broken-everything, monstrosity. It's like a contest over who gets to eat the meal your dog cooked. You aren't exactly sure what's in there, but you know it won't be pleasant. Our male hero is named Ransom and was a beautiful rake until he was scarred and blinded. Now, he's just an ass. Izzy loves waking him up in the morning and her reasoning is awesome: "When you wake up, you let fly the most marvelous string of curses. It's never the same twice, do you know that? It's so intriguing. You're like a rooster that crows blasphemy." Note to self: find cursing rooster alarm clock. ....."You're so crude and profane. I...I know it's absurd, but I can't help it. I find it perversely delightful." I agree with Izzy. Profanity is perversely delightful. And, so is this book. Really fun, really cute, sometimes smutty - a total win.

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