The Homecoming

The Daughters of Mannerling, Book 6

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

Will the last Beverley daughter marry for Mannerling?

Lizzie is the sixth and youngest daughter of the late Sir Beverley, the patriarch who gambled away their beloved estate, Mannerling. Each of Lizzie's sisters had been entrusted by their ambitious mother to cast lures for the various owners of their former home. Instead, each one married for love.

Now it's Lizzie's turn to save Mannerling. But the new owner, the Duke of Severnshire, is far too arrogant for Lizzie's heart. And while the duke has no intentions toward the saucy chit, her curt dismissal of him is perplexing - no woman has ever refused him. Now, as his lavish house party to select a bride becomes a whirlwind of mismatches and scandal, lovely Lizzie is turning the duke's thoughts away from a suitable marriage - to the wonders of falling in love.

©1997 Marion Chesney (P)2014 Blackstone Audiobooks

don't change readers in mid stream

This series is my favorite of all the Marion Chesney regency novels. the only problem is they changed the reader for this final book in the series. this is a bummer since the person who read all the other books had voices for each character which I think are excellent I don't mind this new reader I have heard her many times but it's a shock to all of a sudden have mrs trumble speaking in a totally different way. it kind of ruined the story for me

Would have enjoyed this except for the awful voices

The voices all sound angry or petulant and whining. The reader’s tone is arch and misses the humor which is a hallmark of Chesney’s writing.

Poor narration

Narrator mispronounces words and has terrible voices for some of the characters. She took away some of their credibility. Beaton’s stories deserve a better narrator.

A wonderful ending

The series goes out with a bang, or maybe a tinkle from a haunted chandelier.

A bit tedious....

Wasn't as good as book one, heroine was immature and duke too old ( bad narration didn’t help it either).
It wasn’t much love or romance between them....