The Smuggler's Captive Bride

By: Christina Dodd

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Christina Dodd's classic Regency historical novella, rewritten and updated for your listening pleasure...

Miss Laura Haver is a spinster and a seamstress ... and a woman bent on revenge. After her brother was killed while seeking the identity of a notorious French smuggler, Laura suspects the smuggler's true identity is none other than the wealthy and commanding Keefe Leighton, Earl of Hamilton. How to capture such a rogue?

By arriving at his estate and claiming to be his bride, of course. But her plans go awry when Hamilton arrives and discovers her ruse ... and does everything in his considerable power to make her his bride in truth!

©2012 Christina Dodd (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

Only Okay

Generally I like novellas but while the narration was great the story moved too fast and there wasn't much about smuggler's. From the title I'd expected a bit more. Also, unless I forgot some minor character in the governess series I'm not sure why it's listed as book 12.