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    The Soldier
    The Soldier
    The Soldier
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Soldier

    Written by Grace Burrowes

    Narrated by James Langton

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    About this audiobook


    His idyllic estate is falling down from neglect, and nightmares of war give him no rest. Then Devlin St. Just meets his new neighbor . . .


    With her confident manner hiding a devastating secret, his lovely neighbor commands all of his attention, and protecting Emmaline becomes Devlin's most urgent mission.Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 28, 2016
    ISBN9781515974482
    The Soldier

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    • 4/5
      This is the second book by Ms. Burrowes that I have read. The Soldier is a continuation if you will of her tale of the sons of the Duke of Morland that was started with The Heir. In this book we meet the Duke's firstborn son, Devlin St. Just. He is baseborn as they say so he could not inherit his father's title. He was given the earldom of Rosecroft and we join him at his new estate at the start of the book. You do not have to have read The Heir to enjoy this new book - it stands alone quite well - but having read the first book makes the characters more familiar.Devlin is tortured by his time in the army fighting Bonaparte and suffers flashbacks and what we would call PTSD. Of course they did not have that back in the 19th Century. Men were MEN! He retreats to his rural estate to fix it up and hopefully find some peace. What he finds is an urchin of a child and a beauty of a neighbor. Neither one gives him any peace. At least not at first.This was a light, easy read with a typical he wants her/she pulls away/they have secrets/ plot. As in her first book Ms. Burrowes develops the plot with more intelligence and wit than a lot of the romance books out there. The surrounding characters are fun and the ending is satisfactory. It's a very sexy book so be aware of that. It would make a great beach read or to curl up on a rainy day. I read it in half a day.
    • 3/5
      Having loved THE VIRTUOSO, I opened THE SOLDIER with great expectations. I loved the heroes of these books; their family relationships seemed to be solid and real. And yet, I'm afraid that while the soldier (hero) in this book won my heart, it was the heroine, with her too easily guessed secret, and similarities to THE VIRTUOSO that left me unimpressed with this story.As with the first book, the characters are real, three-dimension, and the hero is as charming as ever. The setting is lush and easily imagined, and the secondary characters charmed this reader.However, it was the secret, way too easily guessed, and I figured the hero should have figured it out about 200 pages prior to the reveal. It was this, as well as the fact that the plot of this one seemed formulaic when compared with the first book. So while I am going to read the other book in the series, which I have, I cannot unequivocally recommend this book.It's a good read, if a frustrating one.
    • 3/5
      I think this author has improved with time, so her earlier books aren’t as engaging for me. The couple in this one were kind of slow to grasp things, which grows tiresome. But the premise was decent and the hero was nice.
    • 5/5
      I just reread The Soldier, one of Ms. Burrowes older books. Devlin St. Just is the oldest son of the Duke of Morland. After fighting in the Napoleonic wars, he's been awarded a title and estate in Yorkshire. The estate is somewhat rundown and comes with a wayward six-year-old, Winnie, and her attractive cousin, Emmie.Devlin and Emmie both have issues from their past. Both were born on the wrong side of the blanket. Devlin has PTSD from his soldier days and Emmie has secrets. Ms. Burrowes' writing is always elegant. The story is absorbing because both Devlin and Emmie are so likable and such an obvious match for each other. I always enjoy glimpses of characters from her other books; here we get some of the extended Morland family as well as Douglas and Hadrian. I enjoyed the reread maybe more than the first time, and I would recommend The Soldier heartily.
    • 2/5
      The Soldier
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      Psychologically tormented from his experiences in the Napoleonic wars, Devlin St. Just, the oldest but illegitimate son of the Duke of Moreland, only wants to live a quiet life in the wilds of Yorkshire. So, when he is granted the rundown estate of Rosecroft, he travels there posthaste only to discover that it is already inhabited by an unruly 6 year old and her exquisite cousin - both of whom are about to make his life a lot less peaceful.

      Devlin’s story has such wonderful potential. Unfortunately, it falls completely flat mainly due to the fact that Emmie is an excessively “woe-is-me” heroine and is constantly running hot and cold with Devlin. The reasons for her rejection of his suit are also convoluted and incomprehensible - The man is a bastard himself. Why would he care if she had a child out of wedlock?!

      The tortured hero is usually my favorite trope in any romance genre. Dev has everything going for him in this regard, however, Burrowes’ overly descriptive writing makes it difficult to truly empathize with him as the endless details have the reader nodding off.

      Burrowes’ tendency of detailing everything and anything in passage after passage means that nothing actually happens in the story - it is simply page after page of Emmie’s angst, Dev’s nightmares and Winnie’s antics. The result is a tediously long read.

      Finally, the familial interactions, which made the first book so engaging, are all but missing from this installment. Dev’s family is relegated to one chapter and his relationship with his step brother-in-law is very strange.

      Hoping that Val’s book is better as I already have it and the next two.
    • 5/5
      The books are just SOOOO good. I am going to flunk out of school if I don't save these for my summer break. That is two that I have now given up much sleep and studying time just to finish. My heart kept breaking for these two characters, and I just wanted to see them happy in the end. I also love that the men in these books are written as emotive, fully fleshed out characters and not just male stereotypes -- they talk to each other, they hug each other, they are unafraid to cry. These qualities make them even more likable!
    • 4/5
      The second book in the Windham series. Devlin St. Just is the Duke of Morland's oldest, but illegitimate son, taken in by the Duchess at just aged five to be raised along his step-siblings. Weary and tormented by years of war with post traumatic stress disorder, Devlin arrives on his newly acquired Yorkshire estate, Rosecroft, to be confronted with the previous owners six-year-old illegitimate daughter Winnie and her cousin and town baker Emmaline (Emmie) Farnum, who also happens to be his nearest neighbour.The first three quarters of the book is great, however our heroine is keeping a secret beyond what is necessary, and possibly just to stretch the book out a bit, which is a bit irritating. However, very well done overall.
    • 4/5
      Grace Burrowes has become a favorite of mine and I really enjoyed this next installment in her Duke's Obsession series. This is Devlin St. Just's story. Bastard son to the Duke of Moreland, Devlin became a soldier, but it's left him suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome as he retires to his recently acquired estate in Yorkshire. On top of that he is dealing with the recent revelations that his real mother loved him after all. While in Yorkshire, he meets Emmie Farnum, the pretty local baker and so-called guardian of Winnie, a precocious six year old who winds up living with Devlin as his ward. Burrowes has a way of tugging at your heart strings with everyday goings-on. Devlin falls in love with Emmie and she reciprocates yet she cannot marry him for she fears her secret will ruin everything and she's convinced she must let Devlin go to raise Winnie without her - like I said, complicated. I was a little confused about her obstinacy over this issue, but fear not - all is resolved by the end.
    • 3/5
      I'd give it a 3.75 if I could. I haven't read the 1st book in the series, so I may change my mind later.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this book even more than the first in the series, The Heir. Burrowes does a great job really bringing her characters to life. I liked Devlin in the first book, but I absolutely adored him in this one! He became so much more 'real' here. I did figure out pretty early on what Emmie's big "secret" was, but it was pretty obvious to the reader, and to be fair Devlin caught on pretty quickly too. The story meshed nicely with what had happened in the first novel, and gave even more insight into the unusual family dynamics between the old Duke, his wife, and all of his sons, both legitimate and illegitimate. I can't wait to see what Burrowes has in store for Valentine (even though a part of me really wishes he'd have a lasting relationship with Anna--oh, well...).
    • 3/5
      Having loved THE VIRTUOSO, I opened THE SOLDIER with great expectations. I loved the heroes of these books; their family relationships seemed to be solid and real. And yet, I'm afraid that while the soldier (hero) in this book won my heart, it was the heroine, with her too easily guessed secret, and similarities to THE VIRTUOSO that left me unimpressed with this story.As with the first book, the characters are real, three-dimension, and the hero is as charming as ever. The setting is lush and easily imagined, and the secondary characters charmed this reader.However, it was the secret, way too easily guessed, and I figured the hero should have figured it out about 200 pages prior to the reveal. It was this, as well as the fact that the plot of this one seemed formulaic when compared with the first book. So while I am going to read the other book in the series, which I have, I cannot unequivocally recommend this book.It's a good read, if a frustrating one.
    • 4/5
      The bastard son of a duke, ex-soldier Devlin St. Just has become an earl in his own right. When he arrives at his dilapidated new estate, he finds the previous earl's bastard daughter already in residence. Six-year-old Winnie is a stubborn child who has been allowed to run wild, but St. Just takes her under his wing and wins her trust. Winnie's only relative, an attractive young baker, lives at the edge of the estate. Both Emmie and St. Just have demons to conquer before they can come to their happy ending.
    • 5/5
      This story is complete in itself, no cliffhangers, but it is second in the series and there are lots of references to things that happened in Book one that will make a lot more sense if you read that first. Anachronisms ahoy! However, I found Grace Burrowes to be a good enough story-teller that I wasn't bothered by it as much as I usually am. Mostly I just wanted to know what was going to happen next and when the hero was going to figure out the heroine's Big! Awful! Secret! Despite these issues, I loved this story and Grace Burrowes is now on my auto-buy list, which says something about the strength of her voice even as a new writer.
    • 4/5
      This is the second book by Ms. Burrowes that I have read. The Soldier is a continuation if you will of her tale of the sons of the Duke of Morland that was started with The Heir. In this book we meet the Duke's firstborn son, Devlin St. Just. He is baseborn as they say so he could not inherit his father's title. He was given the earldom of Rosecroft and we join him at his new estate at the start of the book. You do not have to have read The Heir to enjoy this new book - it stands alone quite well - but having read the first book makes the characters more familiar.Devlin is tortured by his time in the army fighting Bonaparte and suffers flashbacks and what we would call PTSD. Of course they did not have that back in the 19th Century. Men were MEN! He retreats to his rural estate to fix it up and hopefully find some peace. What he finds is an urchin of a child and a beauty of a neighbor. Neither one gives him any peace. At least not at first.This was a light, easy read with a typical he wants her/she pulls away/they have secrets/ plot. As in her first book Ms. Burrowes develops the plot with more intelligence and wit than a lot of the romance books out there. The surrounding characters are fun and the ending is satisfactory. It's a very sexy book so be aware of that. It would make a great beach read or to curl up on a rainy day. I read it in half a day.
    • 3/5
      As always, a little OCD book reading order speech. Trust me, you can easily read this one without having read book 1 in the series. But if you want to do it right then yes read book 1 first, or read this one and then book 1.Now on to the book. Devlin St. Just is the illegitimate son of a Duke and now by something he did (I will not tell you what) he has a new estate and a title to go with it. He is a soldier and he is still plagued by the war, battle wounds are hard to get over. Still what was there not to like about him, he was kind and that is the best quality in a man. The heroine Emmaline is a baker who lives near the estate. She has secrets and all she wants is to protect Winnie who is now Delin's responsibility. Since I guessed Emmaline's secret at once I had time to contemplate over her choices and I grew to understand her. I liked her because I knew what urged her on. Of course I wanted her to stop running and just live but I knew it was hard. But she deserved love.This book is about Devlin taking on new responsibilities, how he becomes very fond of his young charge and how he falls in love. What I like about this book and book 1 is that when the man realizes that he is in love he will do anything. It is the woman who is troubled and not ready to be loved, or feels like she deserves to be loved. But the men are strong and do not care about status or power. Only love matters.Worth mentioning are some horrible townspeople with their noses in the air, Devlin's halfbrother Valentine (book 3) and the Vicar who is courting Emmi. And I liked the Vicar, I hope he gets to live a bit and fall in love. I do hope he gets a book of his own too.Conclusion:A lovely book about how love truly conquers all.Rating:Nice