The Christmas Ruse - a novella
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- New Release in Audiobooks!
Nicholas Cranleigh suspects his meddlesome sister is up to something when she invites him to stay at Cothill Manor at the same time as Miss Dresden. He’s on his guard, but it’s hard to resist a woman with luminous eyes, who’s in need of a savior.
Lavinia Dresden is ready to sacrifice herself to save her family from financial ruin in the only path open to a woman of gentle breeding. But she hadn’t counted the cost on her sacrifice until Lord Cranleigh came into her life-a man she knew to be her ideal.
There remain only five days until the Christmas ball when Miss Dresden’s fate will be decided, and it soon becomes apparent to Nicholas that the question is not whether he wants to save Lavinia, but whether he is able.
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©2023 Jennie Goutet - Written by and Production Copyright by Jennie Goutet Narrated by Stevie Zimmerman
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - opening credits
00:05 - chapter one
18:44 - chapter two
42:36 - chapter three
59:36 - chapter four
01:15:45 - chapter five
01:40:01 - chapter six
02:00:55 - closing credits
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When you're totally sick of crime, vice and every sick story a twisted mind can think of. This sweet little book is ideal for a bedtime read. Thank you dear Author and Reader
I've determined never to read what feeds ones baser nature.
I'm very grateful to be able to recommend these novels to my grandchildren & young moms.
I’ve listened to this twice now, second time even better. I do like this shorter Christmas/Holiday format, both reading and listening 😊
Thank you Jennie for another beautifully crafted gentle story. Great narration too.
What a marvelous story with a happy ending! I loved the narration too.
Absolutely enjoyed every moment! Thank you for sharing your hard work!!😀💜
I truly appreciate these clean romances. They're such a refreshing change from the "entertainment " that's constantly being produced. It's a bit like getting a perfect steak when you were expecting a fast food hamburger 😊
That's such a lovely thing to say. :-)
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Yes indeed
Lovely, just right for Christmas, many thanks xxx
Delightful! Right from the start. Very tense at the end as you drew us in. Loved his devotion. Excellent choice of narrator.
Delightful, as always from Mrs. Goutet.... 👋👍.. the Narrator is also splendid
❤❤❤ Absolutely delighted. Thank you. ❤❤❤
A well packed short story read by a great narrator.
Thank you Jennie for your wonderful stories. Your clean romances are divine and help to make my days better, brighter and more hopeful. May God continually bless you and your family.
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Thank you Sidne!
I enjoyed this light hearted story Thank you . South Australia 17 5 2023 😊❤😊❤
Thank you for this lovely story 🎉
Looks like I’ll have company while getting the family ironing done today. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Finished the ironing and the story with 5minutes to spare. Thank you once more this was a sweet story, just right. So now what happens next?😊.
Thank you! Next (unfortunately) you'll have to wait in real time because I have no more existing books that I can turn into audio. I have to actually write them first, ha ha. The sequel to A Whimsical Notion comes out in July but my narrator probably won't get it to me until August because she's away. So that's the next one coming out.
I love the audiobooks when ironing too.
I can't remember the last time I ironed for more than a few minutes at a time... Yet I sure do enjoy your stories that are also well narrated.😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you
What a lovely story. I enjoy it immensely.
So fun to listen to this after reading it so long ago. Love the narrator and the story!!!
Thank you Dixie! I also worked on the story a bit to make it more (what I felt was) believable. :-)
The book was great! Thank you so much for sharing.
Enjoying this very relaxing little story. November 2023.😊
Hi Louise, I received an email where you asked about my next novella but now I can't find your comment. The next one comes out May 15th. So it's a bit of a wait. I don't write fast enough, which might have something to do with the three teens in my house. However, the next novella will be longer than this one - about 3 times as long, so still a novella but shorter than my novels.
Yay!
Yay!!! I can’t wait to listen to this!! 😃😃😃
So glad you an easily get all the audio these days since it's your preferred method.
Sweet and soft ❤
I would love more novellas from you
I have one coming up early in 2024. It will be about twice as long as this one, but still a novella.
Story and narration very enjoyable.
Lovely story, loved how it turned out.♥
Really brilliant, with such an unexpected twist. So many clean romances are too predictable but this was anything but predictable at the end.
Another good novel.
Listening 5, June 2023
Loving your work x
Thank you, Andie.
Sweet
18:20 "Do not swear by heaven or earth.." 🙂👍
December 19th 2023 😊
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February 15th 2024😊
I love your story, I just wonder about the time period you are trying to portray… you said in the story that Lavinia could say no to the match her father had made since “It was England, after all were all had basic human rights” back in the 1800’s the blacks and Native American were slaves and women were fighting for their rights. They had to do what they fathers told them to. It wasn’t until 1918 and 1928 during the Victorian era where women received rights.
Legally they could not force her. But fathers / parents applied every manner of pressure, both familial and monetary to bend a woman's will. That is why Lavinia capitulated and so many others did as well. But the law did not 'require' a woman of age to do what a father wished. Here is a post that touches on it. englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2016/07/making-offer-of-marriage.html
Sorry you are mistaken with your history. The Victorian era ended when Queen Victoria died in 1901. Then her son Edward took us into the Edwardian era. 1918 to 1928 the suffragette movement was in full momentum, these 10yrs were when Edward was on the throne.😊
There is always a difference between laws on paper and what it looks like in practice.
To defy your father in the morning could find you a harlot by nightfall.😢