To Tame A Lady, Megan Bryce
To Tame A Lady, Megan Bryce
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To Tame A Lady

Author: Megan Bryce

Narrator: Maureen Cavanaugh

Unabridged: 4 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Megan Bryce

Published: 12/02/2014


Synopsis

Come back to a time when manners are everything and rules are made to never be broken. Come back to a time when men are in charge and women do what they are told... Yeah, that never happened.Welcome to Megan Bryce's Regencyland, where ladies with backbone get what they want. Where a woman can thumb her nose at rules and care little for convention, and yet somehow, unexpectedly and most reluctantly, find love.To Tame A LadyLady Amelia Delaney is known for her sharp tongue, no-nonsense attitude, and sizable fortune. Numerous suitors have tried to win her hand for the money, for the challenge, and for a rather unfortunate bet. She knows the unflattering reasons behind her numerous proposals– can she ever accept that a man would want to marry her just for herself?Jameson Pendrake is a devil-may-care dandy who cares for naught but fun and fashion. But behind his laughing green eyes lies a dark history, and he calls off his wedding because of his fear of repeating the past. He can not simply give up on the idea of marriage– a wife is the best defense against the yearly crop of scheming mothers and their frilly daughters. But to allay his fears he needs a woman strong enough to laugh in the face of his past. A woman unflappable, unwavering, and unbroken. He knows just the woman. The trick, it seems, is in getting her to accept...

Reviews

Not bad for a Kindle freebie, so I suppose I'm grading it on a bit of a curve. This Regency romance novella features Amelia, a sharp-tongued lady with the nickname of "the Dragon," who specializes in fixing everyone else's problems, and Jameson, the childhood friend of Amelia's brother (and of Ameli......more

Goodreads review by Bukcrz

I often download free books at ammy and more than half the time they rarely inspire me to leave a review. This book however, is worth leaving a word. The hero a typical regency hero: rich, unrepentant rake, self-absorb, and a bored aristocrat who is considered a price catch of every scheming mama of......more

As ever with Bryce this was a curious little book. Short and snappy, light on plot, but, somehow, involving. The dialogue is entertaining and amusing (which is good because Bryce is very dialogue heavy). Our hero, Jameson, had a tragic childhood (view spoiler)[mother murdered father on finding out about his mistre (hide spoiler)]......more

"Kneed by his dainty bride-to-be and left groaning on the floor. How, how could a woman who weighed less than one of his hunting dogs have felled him so effectively? So embarrassingly." So begins the Regency/Romance novel, To Tame A Dragon by Megan Bryce, book two in The Reluctant Bride Collection. J......more