Arabella and the Reluctant Duke, Sofi Laporte
Arabella and the Reluctant Duke, Sofi Laporte
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Arabella and the Reluctant Duke
A Sweet Regency Romance

Author: Sofi Laporte

Narrator: Ella Lynch

Unabridged: 6 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2024


Synopsis

A runaway Duke’s daughter. A dashingly handsome blacksmith. A festering secret.   Everything was a lie ....until it all unravelled.   Being a Duke’s daughter is not what it’s cut out to be. Surely, there must be more to life than embroidery, balls, and finding a husband? Running away to work as a governess, Lady Arabella does not count on being hired by a precocious 14-year-old girl who runs the family….and a dashingly handsome father.   Mr Philip Merivale, inventor, blacksmith, and widowed father of three lively children, is not amused. There is one thing he dislikes the most: the aristocracy.   Clearly, the pretty girl who answered his daughter’s advertisement must be a lady. Why did she choose his family for her social experiments? She must be taught a lesson on middle-to-lower-class life.   Adjusting to her new life is difficult, especially when Philip is bent on challenging her at every turn. As the spats between the two grow to undeniable attraction, Arabella uncovers Philip’s devastating secret that jeopardizes everything.   How can Arabella succumb to love when her real identity is what Philip despises the most?   ♥♥♥   Arabella and the Reluctant Duke is A Sweet Regency Romance full of witty banter and hilarious mischief, wrapped up in a heart-warming happily-ever-after.  

About Sofi Laporte

Sofi Laporte writes sweet and clean Regency romance and is the author of the Wishing Well series, as well as the Merry Spinster, Charming Rogues series. She was born in Vienna, grew up in Seoul, studied Comparative Literature in Maryland, U.S.A., and lived in Quito with her Ecuadorian husband. When not writing, she likes to scramble about the countryside exploring medieval castle ruins. She currently lives with her husband, 3 trilingual children, and a cheeky dog in Europe.

About Ella Lynch

Ella Lynch is a talented British actress and audiobook narrator who works out of her home studio in Exeter, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pauline on October 03, 2021

Sofi Laporte is an interesting addition to the company of Regency authors. Her work is refreshingly different and very funny. It’s not a wildly authentic evocation of the Regency, but so well written that I forgive it. Here’s the premise: Lady Arabella Astley, the sister of the Duke of Ashmore, has r......more

Goodreads review by Lilly on June 18, 2023

Cute 💕......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on April 19, 2021

Jane Eyre meets Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in this delightful clean Regency romance. In this story, Arabella is a duke’s daughter who grows bored with life in the beau monde and goes incognito as a governess. The father of her young charges is a handsome and brilliant inventor with a slight Scottish ac......more

Goodreads review by Meegy on March 28, 2025

Light easy read with sweet characters. Loved this book.......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on February 14, 2024

Grrr! I really don't want to put another 3 star book on my list, but I refuse to overlook Grandfather Morely's horrid behavior. I absolutely loved Arabella in the previous book. I loved her even more in this book. When she takes off to make it on her own and lands at the doorstep of Phillip and his c......more