Temptation and Surrender

Jonas Tallent has made a comfortable life of London pleasures, but when he retreats to his family's Devon estate to manage an inn, he meets Emily Beauregard, a genteel and resourceful woman applying for the manager position he expected to fill with someone far less complicated. Jonas resists the obvious attraction; Emily has her own reasons for being in Devon that have nothing to do with him. Stephanie Laurens builds the fifteenth Cynster novel around a hidden treasure, a cryptic family rhyme, and two people who keep choosing practicality over desire.

Simon Prebble's narration suits the Regency setting with polished ease, handling the period dialogue and the warmth of the developing romance with equal confidence. His voice carries the kind of steady, reassuring quality that makes long Regency audiobooks feel like time well spent rather than time stretched. At nearly fifteen hours, Temptation and Surrender rewards patient listeners with a story that builds its emotional payoff carefully and delivers it without sentimentality.