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Royal Bastard

The Instantly Royal Series, Book 1

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Royal Bastard

By: Avery Flynn
Narrated by: John Lane
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Summary

Brooke Chapman-Powell takes her position as the Earl of Englefield’s personal secretary very seriously. This job is what keeps her sister in the university for the deaf and the town from completely shutting down. But the earl is dying, and they have only one hope: an American, from some place called Salvation, Virginia.

Now she will have to teach the in-all-likelihood-uncouth-and-lazy half American how to be a proper earl if they hope to save the village. God help them all.

Nick Vane has about two gazillion things that land higher on his to-do list than becoming an English earl. Things like naps. Hosting poker nights. Oh, and raking in the profits from his latest invention. But accepting the title that his grandfather has denied him since birth? It doesn’t even register. But Miss Prim-and-Proper won’t give up, and before he knows what’s what, he is on a plane to London.

He has too much pride to go down easily, and she’s got too much propriety to ever break the rules. They are as different as a cocktail fork and a bread knife - and the clash between them lands these two in the most unexpected positions.

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Loved it, made me laugh aloud, odd Yorkshire accent but the others are fabulous.

Strange Yorkshire accent

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Not anything you won’t have read or could forecast. I always think they’re worth a read just in case there’s more depth to the story and some more meaningful interaction but it jumps from one night stand to being head over heels and the end. A bit abrupt a lacking originality for me. THAT said, minus the sex scenes, the back story of the Earl and the grounds etc., was interesting but sadly, didn’t really go anywhere.

Just ok….

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It took me a while to get used to the narrator’s various voices. I thought his British accents were hilarious. It felt it was told as a (grownup) fairy tale. I have never known so many accents being used in one village.

Sweet and funny

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The story itself was okay, but far too much sex; it just gets boring. Seriously bad Yorkshire accents; sounded part Scottish part Liverpudlian, maybe the odd Yorkshire word….maybe

Meh….

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the story was good, but the narrator's attempt at a Yorkshire accent was hysterically bad..I swear it was Scottish most of the time..
had to skip over any steamy scenes.. couldn't bear to hear them on those accents!

loved and hated this book!

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