The Bastard

by Brenda Novak Narrated by Sarah Coomes

Overview

Jeannette Boucher, a young French beauty from a family left penniless by the revolution, must marry against her will to save them all from ruin. But almost immediately after the vows are spoken, she learns that her old English husband is impotent-and in his desire for an heir, he plans to compromise her in the worst way. Determined to escape such a fate, she stows away on one of His Majesty's frigates. But a woman alone is in constant danger.

To Lieutenant Treynor, honor means everything.... Born a bastard to a wayward marquise, Lieutenant Crawford Treynor was given to a poor farmer to raise and was maltreated until he ran away to join the Royal Navy. Treynor is determined to prove he's as good as any other man and rise to captain his own frigate. But once he finds Jeannette aboard The Tempest he must decide whether to return her to the man he knows would abuse her-or risk everything, even his life, to keep her safe.

Editorial Reviews

DECEMBER 2013 - AudioFile

Sarah Coomes convincingly navigates between light female French voices and the harsh masculine voices of English men. Beautiful Jeannette Boucher must marry a rich but repulsive English nobleman to save her French emigré family. But before the marriage is consummated, Jeanette discovers her husband intends to let another take his place in their marriage bed. Escaping, she is thrown into the path of handsome Lieutenant Crawford Treynor. Coomes's portrayals of Treynor's calculating mother, who gave birth to him out of wedlock, and his arch enemy, a vindictive English officer, are especially well done. The story is entertaining, and Coomes's performance is well acted and enthusiastic. A.C.P. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171584160
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	02/26/2013
Edition description:	Unabridged

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