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The Soldier's Scoundrel

By: Cat Sebastian
Narrated by: Gary Furlong
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Summary

 A scoundrel who lives in the shadows.
Jack Turner grew up in the darkness of London's slums, born into a life of crime and willing to do anything to keep his belly full and his siblings safe. Now he uses the tricks and schemes of the underworld to help those who need the kind of assistance only a scoundrel can provide. His distrust of the nobility runs deep and his services do not extend to the gorgeous high-born soldier who personifies everything Jack will never be.

A soldier untarnished by vice.
After the chaos of war, Oliver Rivington craves the safe predictability of a gentleman's life-one that doesn't include sparring with a ne'er-do-well who flouts the law at every turn. But Jack tempts Oliver like no other man has before. Soon his yearning for the unapologetic criminal is only matched by Jack's pleasure in watching his genteel polish crumble every time they're together.

Two men only meant for each other. Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Crime Solider
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Americanized tale of Regency England, with city blocks and other clumsy venacular. Good effort at mimicking the genre made famous by Georgette Heyer. The MCs are pityful: Oliver who twos and fros continually with situations, emotions and actions, crippled physically and mentally, sending poor Jack into several tizzies and conundrums. The story is a series of graphic physical interactions peppered with the "plot". The banter is unreal, the MC relationship has no passion. There is no humour. Good descriptions of scenery and vestments.

There are no spoken chapter numbers to break the events into acts; the single voice narration therefore runs on when the subject has actually changed: very confusing The narration is excellent, too good for this story. DISAPPOINTING

The Scoundrel and the Nincompoop

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Soldier's Scoundrel to be better than the print version?

I've never read the print version

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jack, for his smart mouth

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The churchyard scene

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The same as the book

Any additional comments?

I loved this. It's brilliantly written, both lead male characters are fantastic and the lively way they converse really captured me, as well as the raw emotion. As I believe this is the author's debut novel, I thought it was fantastic. My only complaint was the coarse language that the author seemed to feel it necessary to use. So many authors do that with sex scenes, turning something beautiful into something crude, however, the emotions of the characters shone through regardless and it didn't stop me reading the book three times almost back to back. I would also say that the narrator's choice of accent seemed a bit odd, giving a guy brought up on the streets of London a northern accent, but oddly, it worked.

Great in spite of the language

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Enjoyable easy listen, but nothing that made it stand out from other books. Definitely for those who like the author K.J. Charles.

3.5 stars

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This was a really entertaining historical M/M romance with, on the whole, super narration by Gary Furlong. My only bugbear with the narration was that Jack Turner was a Londoner and yet Gary voiced him as being from Yorkshire which was noticeably inaccurate for an English listener. I doubt American listeners wouod have noticed though.

Great narration, entertaining story

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excellent story let down by inconsistent pronunciation of French words penchant chaise valet cravat to name but a few. Irritating.

good story, dodgy pronunciation

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