Royal Ambition ~ Books 1-7 – M. C. Beaton, Marion Chesney Free Audiobook

Written by M. C. Beaton, Marion Chesney
Read by Lindy Nettleton, Charlotte Anne Dore, Lucy Rayner, Vanessa Benjamin, Justine Eyre
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The Dreadful Debutante
The Royal Ambition Series, Vol. 1
By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton
Series: Royal Ambition, Book 1
Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
Audiobook
Release date: 09-12-14
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Publisher’s Summary
Arranging a season for an unruly young lady whose habit is to enter drawing rooms by sliding down banisters presents a challenge at best – especially since the hoydenish Mira has a sister of incomparable grace and beauty.

Mira isn’t at all daunted by the local society and its ridiculous marriage mart. Her heart belongs to Lord Charles, who has been the object of her dreams ever since she was a child. But alas, Charles has eyes only for her ever-perfect sister, Drusilla.

Along the sidelines, the Marquess of Grantley enjoys Mira’s jealous antics – although pushing her sister into the fountains has practically ruined her social cachet. It is up to him to restore her to respectability and make her an eligible bride once again. When he succeeds, however, the lovelorn marquess will begin to wish he had left well enough alone.

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The Savage Marquess
The Royal Ambition Series, Vol. 2
By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton
Series: Royal Ambition, Book 2
Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
Audiobook
Release date: 09-12-14
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Publisher’s Summary
Certainly, the two should never have met.

The handsome, wealthy Marquess of Rockingham was the most notorious man in London, as infamous for his violent temper as he was for his intemperate ways.

Miss Lucinda Westerville was a country vicar’s daughter, as innocent as she was lovely and as proper as a young lady could possibly be. Yet when this improbably matched pair met at a glittering social ball, they had struck the dubious bargain to become man and wife – in name only. But Lucinda soon found that she had taken on more than she bargained for when she vowed not to love this untamed, infuriatingly attractive man when she tried to rein her own foolishly galloping heart.

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Miss Fiona’s Fancy
The Royal Ambition Series, Book 3
By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore
Series: Royal Ambition, Book 3
Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
Audiobook
Release date: 12-10-14
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Publisher’s Summary
From beloved historical romance author Marion Chesney comes the third installment in the Royal Ambition series.

The Misses Penelope Yarwood, Euphemia Perkins, and Letitia Helmsdale all smugly informed her that the Marquess of Cleveden was at once the most eligible and the most elusive catch in the London marriage mart. Society’s most dazzling beauties had failed to win him over yet, and a newcomer like Fiona didn’t stand a ghost of a chance of having him look at her twice.

That was all that fiery-tempered Fiona needed to hear, and she bet – far more wealth than she possessed – that she would snare the maddeningly elusive marquess before the season’s end.

Now Fiona faces the risk of losing a wager she cannot repay – and more, the even greater danger of losing her heart.

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The Viscount’s Revenge
The Royal Series, Book 16
By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
Series: Royal Ambition, Book 4
Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
Audiobook
Release date: 11-05-14
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Publisher’s Summary
The handsome but arrogant Lord Charles Hawksborough desperately wants to catch the infernally insolent thief who held him up at pistol point on the King’s Highway and rode off with his family’s inheritance and jewels.

Hawksborough tries just as desperately to not want the piquant and penniless Miss Amanda Colby when this young lady and her twin brother come to stay at his London townhouse during the height of the social season.

Hawksborough fears his desire for this slip of a girl as he is about to wed the most beautiful and more suitable Lady Mary Dane. Meanwhile, Amanda fears he will discover she is the thief before she can atone for the crime. Whatever is to happen, it is clear that neither is prepared for what takes place in this bewildering labyrinth of love and larceny!

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The Chocolate Debutante
The Royal Series, Book 10
By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton
Series: Royal Ambition, Book 5
Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
Audiobook
Release date: 08-08-14
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Publisher’s Summary
A woman of independent means with a healthy dose of cynicism about those of the male persuasion, Harriet Tremayne is content with her circle of spinster friends and their devotion to literature, women’s rights, and intellectual interests. When she determines to undertake the London season for her beautiful but featherbrained niece, however, she concedes she must appear less a bluestocking and more fashionable to successfully sponsor this impossible young lady whose only real desire, it seems, is to consume chocolate.

Certainly, her modish new appearance has nothing to do with the attention of Lord Dangerfield, a wicked man of the world who has designs on the fair niece yet spends an inordinate amount of time trying to sell Harriet on the virtues of his all-too-obvious attributes.

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Lady Margery’s Intrigue
The Royal Series, Book 13
By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Vanessa Benjamin
Series: Royal Ambition, Book 6
Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
Audiobook
Release date: 10-21-14
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Publisher’s Summary
At age twenty-three, the petite Lady Margery has already graced the rows of wallflowers for many a season. With the one exception of Charles, the Marquess of Edgecombe and the only man who ever dances with her, Lady Margery will have nothing to do with men; what’, more, she does not even particularly like Charles.

Bored beyond words, she firmly decides this is the end of it all and returns to the comfort of her only love, her home at Chelmswood. But she does not find comfort even there. It seems her middle-aged father has taken for himself a dim-witted brat of nineteen to be his bride.

Forced into bankruptcy by his child-bride’s lust for luxury, Margery’s father determines to sell Chelmswood. But Margery will not hear of it and launches an all-out, military-like campaign to ensnare herself a wealthy husband and save her ancestral home. Everything seems to be going according to plan until the unforeseen intervention of Charles sabotages Margery’s plan, giving them both a run for their money.

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The Paper Princess
Royal Ambition, Book 7
By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
Series: Royal Ambition, Book 7
Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
Audiobook
Release date: 04-01-14
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Publisher’s Summary
London was all on edge and astir to have in its midst the exquisite Princess Felicity of Brasnia. What scandal would ensue should society discover that the bejeweled heir to a royal throne was in truth Miss Felicity Channing of Cornwall, fleeing a match she did not want and that had been arranged by her conniving stepfather!

It was questionable how long Felicity could carry off this lively masquerade before she would falter, especially since the dark, raffish eyes of Lord Arthur Bessamy seemed to look right through her disguise – and set her spirited heart to pounding.