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Crowned and Dangerous

By: Rhys Bowen
Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
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Nothing is simple when you're 35th in line for the British crown, least of all marriage. But with love on their side and plans to elope, Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her beau, Darcy O'Mara, hope to bypass a few royal rules....

With Darcy driving me out of London in a borrowed motorcar, I soon discover that he isn't planning to introduce me to the pleasures of sinning in secret - as I had hoped - but to make me his wife! Of course there are some quibbles to be dealt with, such as my needing special permission from the king to marry a Roman Catholic and the question of where we might live after the honeymoon. Though he will inherit a title, Darcy is as broke as I am. Even his family's Irish castle has been sold to a rich American who now employs Darcy's father as a hired hand.

Throwing these cares to the wind, nothing could deter us from our mission - except perhaps the news that my future father-in-law has just been arrested. It seems the rich American was murdered, and Darcy's father had more than enough motive to do the deed. With the elopement postponed, we head for Ireland, where he insists he's innocent, and it's up to us to prove it - for better or worse.

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love these books, copy reading. BRILLIANT NARRATION. love the fact they kept the same narrator all the way through. nothing worse than changing half way through series.

Brilliant Narration

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Brilliant narrator, bold accents and fun characters make this an easy, fun and sweet story to listen to. I've been listening to all the books in the series - great little mysteries with royal references, a likeable heroine and charming beau.

Sweet as usual

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I wasn't sure there were going to be more in the Royal spyness series so when crowned and dangerous was released I was very happy and it did not disappoint . Great story and characters and so glad Queenie ( one of my favourites) made an appearance and Katherine kellgren is brilliant. Please keep them coming.

Best in the series yet

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But hurry up and marry already!!! It is great to finally meet Darcy's father. Hopefully next time can include a birth, a murder and the wedding

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SERIES

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This is the most satisfying book in the series so far. The story was engrossing and the characters were delightful. Quite a few on-going problems in Georgiana's life have also been solved. Well done.

Delightful

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What did you like best about Crowned and Dangerous? What did you like least?

Unfortunately the bad outweighed the good. The new family characters did not ring true for me, and seemed to almost be caricatures (the "randy" uncle, Darcy's repugnant father just 2 examples). Story dragged, then was rushed into a finish.

What will your next listen be?

Not sure.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Katherine Kellgren?

I'm trying one of the earlier books in the series which I've read in hard copy, to see how she "dramatises" it.

Was Crowned and Dangerous worth the listening time?

Not really. I found myself just wishing it would hurry up and finish!

Any additional comments?

Definitely not up to the very entertaining standard of the earlier books in the series.

Lacking

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Good rollicking story full of entertaining red herrings and new characters. But oh god was I was so sick of that O’mara Irish accent, soooo annoying with its repetitive rhythm that really isn’t accurately Irish.

Good rollicking story full of red hereings

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