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The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
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The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh

Written by Lynsay Sands

Narrated by Faye Adelle

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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“You can’t help but fall in love with Lynsay Sands!”
—Christina Dodd

 

Whether she’s enthralling readers with the exploits of her Argeneau vampire family, transporting fans to the Scottish Highlands, or enchanting them with love affairs of the noble lords and ladies of the Regency ton, New York Times and USA Today bestseller Lynsay Sands knows how to pen a winner! The Heiress—the second book in the very sexy, very funny Regency romance series she began with The Countess—is further proof of Sands’s historical romance mastery. The winning tale of an alluring beauty desperately seeking a poor husband, The Heiress is exactly the kind of sharp and witty read that fans of Julie Garwood and Teresa Medeiros—not to mention Lynsay’s own army of aficionados—are looking for.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperAudio
Release dateJun 28, 2011
ISBN9780062112996
The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
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Lynsay Sands

Lynsay Sands is the nationally bestselling author of the Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire series, as well as numerous historicals and anthologies. She’s been writing since grade school and considers herself incredibly lucky to be able to make a career out of it. Her hope is that readers can get away from their everyday stress through her stories, and if there are occasional uncontrollable fits of laughter, that’s just a big bonus.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This rating was difficult for me. I wavered between 2 and 3 starts. 2 because the first nine chapters which was half of the book felt like re-reading the countess. I’ve never experienced that with a sequel even when reference is made to the preceding book. It was not really enjoyable. However, the book really picked up after that. It even answered some questions I had from the Countess and at the end I was eager to see what happened next thus the 3 stars.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is the second book in a series about three sisters. The story runs concurrently with the first title in the series and that is largely why it is a disappointment. There was nothing particularly bad about it, but the first title relates the same events but with much more humor. The second titles reads like a pale comparison.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    The first 2/3 - 3/4 or so of this book follow the exact timeline from the last book. If these two characters had hardly been in the first book and there was quite a bit of mystery about them, then maybe you could get away with covering the exact same timeline, but these two were nearly as involved as the main couple in the last book! Of course we get a few scenes of this couple alone together that we could only guess at in the first book (though, I think nearly everyone had pretty good guesses as to those scenes, *two people come out of a room flushed and the man is missing his cravat* gee, whatever could they have been up to???). But all the other scenes that took place anywhere near the couple from the first book (which, again, were considerable!) were just transplanted into this one. A few inner thoughts were sprinkled in, but as much or more dialogue and descriptions were just straight up copied and pasted from the last book.
    On top of that, the couple didn't really seem that in love. They had some passion, but both seemed like they were having to be coaxed into the relationship till only the last few chapters! And the heroine really embraced the 'too stupid to live' mentality toward the end. Repeatedly. I chuckled at some parts, but overall the story, (especially having read the first book which covered so much of this story already), was shallow and dissatisfying.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I don't read a lot of [Pride and Prejudice] retellings or spin offs, but this novel was recommended by a friend and then I saw I signed copied in an independent bookstore that I visited while on vacation in Traverse City, MI. [[Molly Greeley]] lives there and so I felt I had to pick it up. As this genre goes, this was really good. The crux of her story is that Anne de Bourgh was given laudanum as a baby and continued to have it administered as "medicine" into her teens. A governess finally awakens her to the fact that her illness is caused by her medicine instead of helped by it. The rest of the book follows what happens when her mind clears and she becomes part of the world. I think this book works because it doesn't take much from Austen except Anne de Bourgh and her mother. Darcy and Elizabeth make appearances and are part of the story, but they aren't developed characters, so the reader is allowed to keep their own picture of those much-loved characters in their head. Most of the people Anne ends up interacting with are the author's own invention. Some of the writing is a bit overdone and things work out a bit too neatly, but all in all this was enjoyable.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Not being a fan of Pride and Prejudice - shock horror! - my limited knowledge of Anne de Bourgh, Lady Catherine's sickly daughter and Darcy's cousin, comes from Rosamund Stephen's silent, bespectacled portrayal in the 2005 film adaptation. I'm not really sure why I wanted to read this continuation about Anne's life after Darcy and Lizzie's meeting at Rosings, but I'm glad I did!And because I was ill, nothing ever changed in my life from year to year, and so I had nothing to talk about.I really enjoyed Anne's narration in Molly Greeley's sequel. First person narration can sound clumsy and unnatural when forced on a bland character but Anne's voice is wonderfully lyrical and thoughtful:My breast filled with affection for the ivy: its rustling three-pronged leaves, its apparent stillness and inexorable creep. And at the same time, I was sometimes punched by sympathy for the tree, for, just as inexorably, it was being smothered.The author doesn't try to ape Austen, which I appreciated, and creates instead almost her own world inhabited by characters with familiar names. I also loved the back story explaining Anne's delicate health in Pride and Prejudice - dosed on laudanum since she was a colicky baby, Anne is an addict by the time we meet her at Rosings, and her mother Lady Catherine almost guilty of Munchausen's by proxy! Shocking but also believable and more dramatic than a mere nervous complaint or leaving her as a frail, fainting maiden. Her path to recovery is also well done, and I loved the emphasis on Anne's inheritance of Rosings and the way the house gives her strength.The romantic subplot also felt natural to me, if a little reminiscent of Mrs Everything by Jennifer Weiner. Turning Anne into Gentleman Jack might appal some Austenites - like the reviewer who announced that she deleted her copy after a kiss! - but I feel there is too much heteronormativity in Austen sequels and welcome a different view.The middle section of the book in London could have been shortened - whole years fly by in a chapter and then interminable drawing room scenes drag on forever - and there a few anachronisms and Americanisms but overall this was a delightful sequel!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Anne de Bourgh was the woman Mr. Darcy was promised to when he elected to wed Elizabeth Bennet instead and this novel is her story. Anne is the heiress to a wealthy estate only slightly less impressive than Pemberley and the only daughter of the overbearing Lady Catherine. Considered a sickly child, Anne lives for years in an opium-induced haze until she decides to take her fate into her own hands. I loved this story of a woman discovering who she is and making her own path and finding her own happiness, especially with a romance unconventional for the era. I enjoyed the references to well-known Pride and Prejudice characters, but this novel is very much its own tale and asserts its independence from that classic story, just like its heroine.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another take on Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice and I love it! Anne de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy’s intended is brought out from the shadows. Her mother fears for her health and keeps Anne drowsy with laudanum. Catherine, Anne’s mother is domineering yet one day Anne manages to forgo the laudanum and travel to London, as near to normal life as she can get. It is well-written, does a good job with Austen’s voice in writing and provides some backstory.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I was astounded at how bad this book was. I suppose if I hadn't read the Countess (Book#1) recently, maybe it would have been helpful. Most of the book is a re-telling of the SAME story that is told in the Countess, but from a different perspective. And frankly, not told well. I was bored but I kept flipping through to get to bits I didn't know from the first book, and eventually we got to some. I'm sad that I can't recommend this book. I like Lynsay Sands very much, usually (I'm a fan of her Vampire Romance books) and I have to say I started to even wonder if she wrote this one herself.

  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Suzette's father has made another bad gambling choice and now she, like her older sister, will be forced to marry in order to get her hands on her dowry and pay off his new debt. So, she is looking for a poor husband who will be grateful to marry her and allow her to do what she will with the money, and she has to find and marry him within a week. Daniel Woodrow seems poor enough. Newly returned from helping out his friend Richard in America - the twin of her older sister's husband who is supposed to be dead - he is unwittingly caught by Suzette in her room. The plot thickens... especially as people start turning up dead.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I enjoyed this book even though plot aligned with previous book in series but from a different perspective. It was funny, steamy and the ending was exciting. Heiress Suzette is looking for poor husband to access her dowry and thinks she had found him in Daniel.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I've been referring to this book as a historical Weekend at Bernies. With an out there plot, silly antics and a corpse that turns up in the most unfortunate places, this is a fun romp.

    The heroine is especially noteworthy. She is honest and forthright and isn't afraid to speak her mind, no matter how unflattering the truths she reveals. The word that kept coming to mind to describe her was termagant, and I mean that in the nicest way possible.

    The hero was a stand-up kind of guy, the type many women dream about. Where others might have been horrified by the heroine he adored her.

    Though I enjoyed it, this novel requires the reader to suspend a huge amount of disbelief in order to make it work. this was hard at times, because the plot was so unbelieveable.

    If you're in the mood for a lighthearted comedy, I recommend this. Just remember to go into it expecting a plot a little on the unbelieveable side.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    REDUX=It is a Latin word that means “brought back” or “revisited” and “The Heiress” is Suzette and Daniel’s story told from their point of view and happening at the same time as “The Countess”. To those who read the first one, the first 210 pages will defenatly feel redundant, and like me, they’ll skim through those pages, especially the dialog. I wasn’t in the mood to read over the same conversations so there was a lot of skimming over. To anyone that decides to read this one first DON’T! It will be a bit confusing, since majority of the scenes that took place in the house with the “pretender’s” dead body are glossed over in this one. Those are important scenes and should be read first.Now, since the entire first half of this book is REDUX” some will be greatly disappointed, BUT! And this is a very important BUT. I know I shouldn’t ignore the fact that most of this book was a rehash of the first one, BUT I liked Suzette’s character from the first book so I thought her story was quite good, once we left their point of view from “The Countess”. From that point on, Suzette and Daniel come to life as the last third of the book is all fresh. Suzette was straight forward, frank, very witty and bold. She had no fear of speaking her mind. Daniel was a very dashing, likable hero, who tried very hard to keep his hands off of her. He appreciated her frankness and liked her from the first time he spoke to her.Their interaction was a delight to read and their love scenes were passionate as well as funny. I chuckled every time Daniel lost his self-control around Suzette. Naturally, all the other characters from the earlier book are with us still and we meet new ones also, like Daniel’s mother. There are some predictable villains, and the plot isn’t much of a surprise, but all in all a pleasant and fun read.I think Lisa’s story will be next, and I so hope it will not be a “REDUX” of both.BTW: If you’d like to read a very good “REDUX” I recommend Julia Quinn’s Two Dukes of Wyndham 1. The Lost Duke of Wyndham (2008) and 2. Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (2008).I loved the way she revisited and interwoven those two stories. That was much better told than these two, in my humble opinion.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    THE HEIRESS by Lynsay Sands is the second in the exciting "Madison Sisters"set in Regency England. This can be read as a stand alone,The first in the series " The Countess". This is a laugh out loud story told from the male hero's viewpoint instead of the female.Whild Suzette is desperately seeking a husband,Daniel is not seeking a wife,but becomes involved with Suzette.Suzette in the mean time is trying to help her sister who was married to a monster who not only was mean to her,but throught he killed his twin brother.He was also a liar,and an all around terrible man. Visit "The Countess" for more details. Back to Suzette and Daniel.Daniel has not been entirely truthful with Suzette for he let her believe he was a man in poverty with a title when instead he is actually weathy. Susan believes to save her younger sister,from diaster she must marry,her father has once again gambled away the family's money.Or so they throught.This is a funny,sexy,story of romance,family,love,and danger.This is a Desperately seeking Daniel/Suzette that will leave you wanting more.It is a fast paced,page turning story from the first page to the last.This book was received for the purpose of review from the Net Galley and the publisher and details can be found at Avon,an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers and My Book Addiction and More
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Suzette needs to find a husband quickly. Preferably a gentlemen who is down on his luck and in need of a wealthy wife. She has no other way of getting her dowry - which is much needed in order to pay off her father's gambling debts and save the family from scandal and ultimately ruin.Daniel Woodrow seems the perfect candidate. He has a title, he's single, he's handsome and he's broke. Or so he says. For Daniel hasn't been completely honest with Suzette. He tells a white lie about his lack of fortune thinking Suzette would react like all the other fortune-hunting mama's of the ton. But instead she's delighted by his poverty... so delighted in fact that she proposes matrimony. Now all he has to do in order to keep Suzette is to continue his penniless charade and thwart the villain who will do anything to keep them apart.You originally meet Suzette and Daniel in The Countess. Actually most of their story takes place simultaneously as that of Christiana and Richard. So, I found The Heiress to be a bit redundant. I must make note that I did read both books only a few weeks apart so this may be the reasoning behind why I found them to be so redundant, but for half the book I was reading its predecessor told through a different couple's perspective. While I did enjoy the second half of the book, where Suzette and Daniel finally begin their own story, I could not get over the lackluster of its start.Since this story is mostly a rehash of The Countess, new readers can't read this book without reading its predecessor and those that have read The Countess will find this one excruciatingly redundant. It's a shame really, because those moments that were exclusively Suzette and Daniel were wonderful. Suzette was bold, brazen and not your average blushing lady. Daniel was charming and the perfect gentleman. I loved how they ruffled each others feathers. They were perfect together. Their more romantic scenes were a joy to read - very sensual and steamy. Their first kiss was unforgettable. I believe it may be the sexiest first kiss I've ever read. I know, I was blushing over a first kiss... don't judge. All in all, I can't say that I was a big fan of this book. I did enjoy the story, the characters and I am definitely reading the next book in the series... but I will keep my fingers crossed that we don't have to read about Dicky, his murder and the mystery surrounding it once again. I hope that Lisa and Robert have their own storyline, preferably one that starts after Suzette and Daniel's ends.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Ok this one lagged for me. Mostly due to it feeling like I was rereading The Countess which I just read less than a month ago. Only in the last 150 pages does it really pick up and go on with their story. I hate it when authors do this reusing the same scenes and conversations from another book they wrote only changing the names so the other character is saying it. In the end it is still the same thing I read last time =( I think I feel cheated with this book...I hope the next will redeem this trilogy...I am looking forward to reading the youngest sister's story. Hopefully with Robert..
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The Heiress (Madison Sisters #2) by Lynsay Sands This is the Second book in the Madison Sisters Trilogy and just a tiny bit weaker than the first book “The Countess” which was fabulously funny and romantic.This is a comedy of errors since Suzette wants a poor husband, one that she can manage and manipulate. She thinks that she has found it with Daniel Woodward, a close friend of her sister the Countesses husband. However, what she does not know about him can really throw her plans in the rubbish!Daniel doesn’t want the attentions of money seeking misses or the attentions of their grasping Mama’s, so he pretends poverty and Suzette is thrilled. Now Daniel tries to gently tell her the truth all the while trying not to succumb to the temptation of Suzettes charms and determined to avoid the villain who is trying to end his life.I found this selection in this trilogy to be a little difficult to follow since it is running parallel in time and storey to “The Countess” and that was a new experience for me. I think that others may not have the same issues with this that I did. But I did want to warn people that it is a tad disconcerting at times. Otherwise, this is a perfectly charming and cute addition to the Madison Sister’s Trilogy. I cannot wait to read the third addition to this series and they will become “keepers” on my shelves.