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    The Paid Companion

    Written by Amanda Quick

    Narrated by Bianca Amato

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    About this audiobook

    The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman: his intentions are purely practical…

    He needs a fiancée to keep the husband-hunting ladies of the town at bay. His solution is to hire a paid companion and Miss Elenora Lodge appears to be the perfect candidate. Elenora's sorry financial circumstances convince her to accept the Earl's generous, if scandalous, offer. But the Earl soon discovers that the meek and mild companion he'd initially envisioned stirs a bothersome passion in his heart.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJul 2, 2015
    ISBN9781510001596
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    The Paid Companion
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    Amanda Quick

    Amanda Quick is the pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz, the author, under various pen names, of more than fifty New York Times bestsellers; there are more than 35 million copies of her books in print. She lives in Seattle.

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    • 4/5
      A step back in time to enjoy the sights of earlier London and science combined in a story of romance. Fun and fast read.
    • 4/5
      3.75
      This is my second time with Amanda Quick. And I must say I really enjoy her books. I find myself in love with the characters, their relationship and their chemistry. But sadly it's the mystery plot that usually ruins it for me.
      I'm a huge fan both of romance and thriller. But for me, they have to be separated or else they tend to sabotage one another. If the thriller is too heavy/complicated there's little room for the romance to properly develop. And if it's the other way around, usually the mystery is rather unimportant and falls flat.
      Aside from that, I must say I liked this book better than the other I read ('Til Death Do Us Part'Til Death Do Us Part). Here I could really see how the characters evolved and grew fonder of each other. And oh my, what a delight. I'm telling you! The chemistry-! That really did it for me.
      So I guess I'm going to keep reading Amanda Quick, hoping to find one that really captivates me.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this. Arthur and Elenora were likable characters and the plot was interesting. I always enjoy historical romances more when they have a mystery or some action. In this case the mystery was slightly more periphery but the romance was sweet and I liked the mutual respect the main characters had for each other. And it was funny.
    • 2/5
      A lot of friends loved this book but I just could not connect to the couple. You know the way that a lot of people feel about Lillian from Kleypas' It Happened One Autumn (I personally like her)? That's the way I felt about this heroine, she just rubbed me the wrong way. She's great with her take charge attitude and confidence but there was a "I'm doing it my way because no other way could be right" that made me jerk back. I love me some strong independent women but in romance books, I do tend to like them to come with a hint of vulnerability, which I didn't feel here.

      Our hero had a great dry wit but I felt it bled over to his personality too much, he was dry as toast. It's obvious he likes the heroine but it was in a dry way, I needed some sweeping romance that wasn't provided. The romance didn't connect for me and this couple didn't provide me with the joy that keeps me reading this genre.

      The mystery with trying to find the villain, second coming of Newton, and the Jove's Thunderbolt was a bit scattered for me and I never truly bought in to it. So, yeah, not a lot worked for me on this one, lol. It's Amanda Quick so the writing is of course good and like I said, many others have loved this, I'm just not one of them.
    • 2/5
      After a 10-year hiatus from Amanda Quick, I picked this up. Nothing's changed. It's an okay book (hence the rating), but it's the same thing she always writes.
    • 2/5
      Fun read. I love a competent heroine.
    • 3/5
       Somehow candyfloss is somewhat moreish... Entirely predictable, in one sense, in that you just know that the two lead characters will end up together. A few interesting twists on the way, although the idea of a laser pwerful enough to kill being created in the regency period, is frankly, laughable. But if you suspend disbelief at this point, the rest of it is entertaining enough.
    • 4/5
      When his fiance elopes with another man, the Earl of St. Merryn clinches his cold reputation by playing cards all night rather than tracking the fleeing pair down. He states his intention to apply logic to his next attempt at marriage - rather than joining the marriage mart, he'll see what the agencies have to offer in the way of paid companions. After all, they're women of good repute fallen on hard times, and he's wealthy enough not to need an heiress. Miss Elanora Lodge needs a job - badly - but for some reason her agency keeps sending her out to interview for posts with lechers and drunks. It's a match made in heaven.Clever and fast-paced, this is a fun read even if it is a bit predictable. If you're already a Quick fan, you'll probably like this one.
    • 3/5
      After his last fiance eloped with another man, the Earl of St. Merryn decides the logical thing to do would be to hire a paid companion to act as his fiance during the London social season allowing him to conduct his business without the attention of all the debutantes looking for husbands. He hires Elenora through an agency while he covertly hunts for his uncle’s murderer. Elenora, too, was jilted after her stepfather lost all their money in gambling debts. Needless to say, the inevitable happens while Elenora helps him find the murderer.
    • 2/5
      Readable, enjoyable, ultimately forgettable. A little brain candy. Just what I needed for a lazy weekend.
    • 3/5
      Great dock read, lots of fun and enjoyment.
    • 4/5
      Not my usual type of book (I don’t know that I’ve ever read Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick before), but I really enjoyed this. It was a romance without being really heavy-handed with the LOOOOOVE, and it was a light historical mystery to boot! You pretty much know how it’s going to end, but that doesn’t lessen the enjoyment of the journey.
    • 3/5
      The Earl of St. Merryn needs a fiancée, he wants to find out why his uncle-in-law died and his time is being taken up by husband hunting ladies and their mothers. He hires Elenora Lodge, who is looking for a job as paid companion, his proposition appeals to her, it will leave her with enough money to start her own business, something that appeals to her as she sees herself as on the shelf. During the course of their mutual mystery investigation they find that they like each other a bit more than just as companions in the hunt. What they will do about that is the question.Interesing but pretty predictable. Not exceptional and in fact I was pretty sure I'd read it before until I realised that in fact one of her other stories is almsot identical.