I listened to it from beginning to end, but will not listen to it again.

She does children's voices extremely well. Susan is a good performer, but her male voices whisper, which was a little distracting for me. Susan Duerden draws step by step mental pictures all the way. Seven years later, when Charlotte has grown up and developed into a beautiful woman, they meet again. This incident lays the foundation for the story that follows. Charlotte is led into an indiscretion by a man dressed as a coachman, and they fall in lust. Her friend goes off with her love-interest and leaves Charlotte alone. Unknown to Charlotte and her friend the Ball was a Cyprian's Masquerade Ball, where gentlemen go to meet light-skirts. Charlotte was a good girl, always doing what was right, but one night her friend, smitten with a man that wants her to meet him at a ball, convinces Charlotte into going with her. The story was about Charlotte, a Duke's daughter, who at 17 years of age had no interest in getting married. If I had to name the theme of this book it would be 'lust'. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?Įxcellent novel and extremely well written! It's WELL worth the credit!! Susan Duerden is amazing and she yet again met all my expectations for her narration. Have you listened to any of Susan Duerden’s other performances before? How does this one compare? So disturbing, but also immensely entertaining. It's very disturbing, as your rational mind is telling you the relationship is very, very wrong but your emotional side is rooting for the characters to end up together. It's akin to being emotionally dragged into the abusive cycle yourself. All of these novels have kind of scary and (let's admit it) abusive heroes who make you want to punch them in the face but are written so well you're drawn back to them instantly after the slightest resolution. I felt it was very similar to Breathless by Anne Stuart and Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire. What other book might you compare Potent Pleasures to and why? I hated them and loved them and I was way more emotionally involved with these characters than is healthy, I'm sure. I loved how multidimensional the characters were. What did you love best about Potent Pleasures?

Potent pleasures by eloisa james