The Paid Companion cover art

The Paid Companion

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

€0.00/month for the first 3 months
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

The Paid Companion

By: Amanda Quick
Narrated by: Bianca Amato
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £20.99

Buy Now for £20.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman. His intentions are purely practical - he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pose as his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society. He has his own agenda to pursue, and a false fiancée will keep the husband-hunters at bay while he goes about his business. The simplest solution is to hire a paid companion. Finding the right candidate proves more of a challenge than he expected. But when he encounters Miss Elenora Lodge, the fire in her golden eyes sways him to make a generous offer. Her sorry financial circumstances - and dreams of a life of independence - convince her to accept. But St. Merryn appears to be hiding a secret or two, and things seem oddly amiss in his gloomy London home. Elenora soon discovers that this lark will be a far more dangerous adventure than she'd been led to believe. And the Earl of St. Merryn will find that the meek and mild companion he'd initially envisioned has become a partner in his quest to catch a killer - and an outspoken belle of the ball who stirs a bothersome passion in his practical heart.

©2004 Jayne Ann Krentz (P)2014 Recorded Books Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Regency Regency Romance Romance Romantic Suspense Small Town & Rural Fiction Heartfelt Suspense

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Shadow Earl cover art
With This Ring cover art
Mischief cover art
Seduction cover art
Wait Until Midnight cover art
Slightly Shady cover art
A Dangerous Beauty cover art
Garden of Lies cover art
The Rogue Not Taken cover art
Remember Love cover art
Kingscastle cover art
The Marriage Season cover art
No Place for a Dame cover art
Primrose and the Dreadful Duke cover art
Noble Satyr: A Georgian Historical Romance cover art
A Bachelor Establishment cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
Easy listening, delightful romp with great narration.. This was an audible freebie, very enjoyable

Surprisingly good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Intriguing story. Recommend reading as it’s such a great read. You won’t be disappointed. Not quite how things work out .

The Paid Housekeeper.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Nice story, well read. Enjoyed the new theme, really easy to listen to, nice blend of romance and excitement.

very enjoyable sory

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed listening to this book apart from the pronunciation of off as orf which didn't really go with the rest of the narration and rankled each time I heard it.

Enjoyable plot and likeable characters

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is a good story with many likeable characters. Unfortunately the narrator's odd pronunciation of many words is really jarring.

Good story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Such a pleasure to have adult characters and a heroine who doesn't climax when she surrenders her virginity. The sex is pertinent to the story and is not gratuitous or overdone. The narrator's performance is wonderful.

Grown up Regency

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I really enjoyed this story which held my interest all the way through and was a real page turner. The characters in the story were believable as well. The narrator was excellent. Highly recommend.

Lovely story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed the story and the narrator was good on the whole. However the mispronunciation of key and repeated words - buttocks, inquiries, Hathersage - was really grating! And the use of the Fall for Autumn in a clearly British story was ridiculous! It all spoilt an otherwise very good Audible production

Another American narrator!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The pace of the story was suspenseful.
Great narrator with imaginative performance. Couldn't put it down

The paid companion- great story and narrator

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This was such an enjoyable story. The characters were intelligent, and their relationship progressed without irritating miscommunication or assumptions that lead to unnecessary misunderstandings, which was delightful. Loved it!

Intelligent characters, good mystery

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews