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Two Lies and a Lord by Eloisa James Narrator: Felicity Foster
Series: The Seduction #4
Published by Brilliance Audio on September 24, 2024
Genres: Historical Romance
Length: 7 hours, 17 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: NetGalley
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When a baby lands on Daisy’s doorstep, she blurts out a lie that leads to marriage…And then realizes her wedding night looms!
Miss Daisy Wharton had grown accustomed to thinking of Lord Miles Devin as a man who can solve any problem, so when her half-sister Belle is left in a basket at her door, she turns to Miles, hoping he can save Belle from an orphanage.
Miles has decided to marry, but impetuous Daisy is out of question—until he is forced to propose. After her lie unravels, Daisy promises to be an honorable, virtuous, and perfect wife in every way. When she isn’t, their marriage breaks down.
Two Lies and a Lord is the fourth book in the Seduction series, and like most historical romance can be read a stand alone. I have not read any of the other books in the series and thought there were a few references to some interactions of the couple in a prior book I never felt like I missed anything.
Daisy is a cute and bubbly twenty something, with an over protective mother who is looking to find her a solid suitor. Miles needs a wife and after a few encounters with Daisy, one both embarrassing and funny, she seems like the logical choice. However, when the rich attractive man comes to ask for her hand, he is turned away by her mother for being too old. It is only later when Daisy shows up with a baby in tow, that Miles gets his chance to marry her. One problem, he thinks the child is hers and he is saving her from ruin. This misunderstanding blooms bigger and bigger as Daisy tries to figure out how to tell Miles she isn’t experienced in the bedroom and the baby isn’t really hers.
I loved Daisy from the beginning. Miles, on the other hand, took some time to really warm to. He was stoic and vacillated back and forth between wanting Daisy and pushing her away. He also became a little silly and forgot how to do math at some point to assume the baby was actually Daisy’s. Still their banter was cute and I liked how much Daisy cared for a baby that really wasn’t her responsibility in the first place. Miles though, stole my heart a bit with how attached he became to the baby and his interactions with her.
I enjoyed some of the side characters in the story more than the main ones as well. I almost would have wanted Daisy with her drunkard of a best friend, but he seems broken and like someone else’s project to be claimed in another book.
Like most Eloisa James novels, there was a satisfying conclusion to the story and lessons learned by everyone.
Narration:
Felicity Foster is a new to me narrator. As this was a dual PoV, I really wish there were two narrators but she did a decent job. I did get confused a few times on who was speaking but overall her narration was solid with some character differentiation and nice pacing. Felicity seems to be relatively new to narration but I think she performed the book well. I was able to listen at me usual 1.5x speed.
Performance: ★★★★
Character Separation: ★★★
Diction: ★★★★★
Pacing/Flow: ★★★
Sound Effects: none
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