Rakes Progress, M. C. Beaton
Rakes Progress, M. C. Beaton
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Rake's Progress

Author: M. C. Beaton

Narrator: Lindy Nettleton

Unabridged: 5 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2013

Synopsis

M. C. Beaton brings you the fourth installment of her witty and charming House for the Season series.Lord Guy Carlton, late of His Majesty's regiment and weary from the war in France, has only wine, women, and song in mind when he rents Number 67 Clarges Street for the season. He certainly has no desire for a serious attachment—and never marriage!Then his merry eyes spot the lovely but very proper Miss Esther Jones. But what will be her fate if she falls in love with the notorious Lord Guy? Though Esther's business acumen has made her one of the richest women in England, her innocence could make her a victim of the wild ways of the ton—unless the downstairs staff at Clarges Street devise a campaign to reform the rake who is laying siege to her heart.

About M. C. Beaton

M. C. Beaton (1936–2019) won international acclaim for her bestselling Agatha Raisin novels and Hamish Macbeth mysteries, both of which were adapted into BBC television series.

About Lindy Nettleton

Lindy Nettleton is a professional actress and audiobook narrator who was born in England and lived in Hong Kong, Singapore, Scotland, and various places in England before coming to the United States.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mela on April 25, 2023

The best of the four first parts of the series. Interesting couple. Many (more than usual, I think) fascinating "small facts" about those times, like Francis Burdett's scheme of parliamentary reform. Of course, Marion Chesney only mentioned them, one has to check somewhere else to know more. But I lea......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on June 12, 2010

Marion Chesney is one of my all-time favorite writers in the regency genre. The good thing about this genre of romance is that it is suitable for young adult readers as well as adult readers. There's no passionate sex going on in these books. Chesney's writing is always light and entertaining, like a......more

Goodreads review by Kate on August 30, 2023

Delightfully oddball, Regency romantic comedy This is the fourth of six books in the Regency-romance series, "A House for the Season." The complete series is: The Miser of Mayfair, the First Volume Plain Jane, the Second Volume The Wicked Godmother, the Third Volume Rake's Progress, the Fourth Volume The......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on February 07, 2014

67 Clarges Street is let for the season by Lord Guy Carlton, who, upon returning from the wars, decides to sample all London has to offer in the way of debauchery. After a wild night of partying, the servants are shocked at their new master's level of dissipation and feel what he needs is a good wo......more

Goodreads review by Kristin on May 07, 2017

Booktubeathon book #4 - book older than me This is the first book I have read via audible, and I was disappointed in an annoying narrator who gave the characters weird voices that didn't really fit and sounded very similar, making it hard to understand who was talking. I was also more than disappoin......more

Quotes

“[Beaton] once again adroitly manipulates the floating upstairs population that keeps the downstairs on its toes.” Publishers Weekly

“A witty, charming, touching bit of Regency froth. Highly recommended.” Library Journal

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