Heiress for Hire - Madeline Hunter Audiobook

Written by Madeline Hunter
Read by Beverley A. Crick
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

A Duke’s Heiress, book 1
Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
Release date: 04-28-20
Publisher: Recorded Books

Three women are left fortunes by a duke they’ve never met in this first.

Minerva Hepplewhite has learned the hard way how to take care of herself. When an intruder breaks into her home, she doesn’t swoon or simper. Instead she wallops the rogue over the head and ties him up—only to realize he is Chase Radnor, the man who nearly got her convicted of her late husband’s murder. Now he’s insisting that Minerva has inherited a fortune from his uncle, a wealthy Duke. Only one thing could surprise her more: her sudden attraction to this exasperating man . . .

Chase can’t decide whether Minerva is a wronged woman or a femme fatale. Either way, he’s intrigued.

Down on her luck since leaving her abusive husband, Minerva knows the money is just what she needs to start her detective business, Hepplewhite’s Office of Discreet Inquiries. Unfortunately, her first case–determining how her mysterious benefactor died–is also being investigated by Chase, and Minerva is his prime suspect. Though the two are at odds to start, they grudgingly admire each other’s skills and eventually pair up for business and pleasure. Frustratingly, the mystery remains unsolved until later in the series. Also, some readers may find the blunt descriptions of Minerva’s past abuse by her husband particularly disturbing. VERDICT Readers who enjoy strong elements of crime solving in their romances will love Minerva and Chase’s sleuthing, but be prepared to collect the entire series for closure on the mystery…. Library Journal