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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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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.

©2020 Avery Flynn (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Royal Romance Royalty Comedy Transportation Village Funny Witty

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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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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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I really enjoyed this book the narration was brilliant and story funny sad will definately read more

Love wins out

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The sex parts were so cringey omg he talks too much it’s cringey. The story is so rushed

I spaced out a lot during the listen

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Funny Witty and a Captivating tale. Worthy of a listen. Love the narrator's American accent!

A great listen.

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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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Story was fine...was spoilt by the horrendous Yorkshire accents......it sounded more like a mish-mash of Scottish accents...from no particular region

awful accent

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This was a really easy, relaxing listen. The story wasn't complicated & the characters were brilliant.
all of it was topped off by John Lane`s sexy male voice.
I wild listen to it again & I would recommend it.

A Really Enjoyable Listen

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Bonus points for; using the word discombobulated, references to naked attraction and a pretty accurate portrayal of English country village life (without cheesy accents) but a delightfully simple and lovely rom com can still be ruined by major plot points referenced throughout the book not being resolved which is unfortunately what happened here (i.e. the earl's diagnosis and the earl's sons actions on the night he died). Even more frustrating when there is an actual epilogue to the story! And it's not even mentioned there.

I would give extra points for the representation of a deaf character but as I don't think it's an accurate portrayal I'm going to say that cancels it out.

Otherwise a solid romcom chick flick with a couple of tropes, solid spicy scenes with believable pacing and emotional and sexual build up to those scenes. There are other innacuracies in the story but the emotions and connections written are pleasant and believable and that is definitely the thing I look for most in this genre of books. Good pacing and good chemistry throughout.

Unfinished plot points, otherwise a solid romcom

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I liked the characters, but the story was rushed at the end with a slightly juvenile finish and with threads unfinished I felt.
What really and absolutely drove me insane, to the point I nearly quit listening, was the narrators SHOCKINGLY DREADFUL ACCENTS.
I could be wrong, but I believe the narrator was an American and his American accent was lovely. HOWEVER, his really stupid faux upper class English accent was just laughably dire and his attempt at a Yorkshire accent was shocking and lapsed into a bit of Scottish more often than not. There must have been a check list of British words and sayings that was shoehorned in to every conversation, in an attempt to sound British, but it failed miserably. The bad accents were truly hilarious at times and cringe worthy at others. Sorry MR NARRATOR, YOU CANT DO ACCENTS. Trying to be less unfair, he did read it well if you ignore the bloody bad accents. Unfortunately, it was the accents that ruined it for me and the rushed end just topped it off. It had the makings of a nice book but ended up being a let down. 👎

DISAPPOINTING 😐 I had high hopes but it sadly fell short.

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