The Duke of Debt

Written by Kate Pearce

Narrated by Victoria McGlovin

When Alistair Haralson unexpectedly inherits a dukedom, he is determined to restore it to its former glory. After being deprived of control of his family fortune by his father’s second wife his prospects are bleak until Miss Margaret Blackthorn makes him an intriguing offer—her industrially acquired fortune in return for a marriage of convenience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Apr 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094417752

Kate Pearce

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kate Pearce was born in England in the middle of a large family of girls and quickly found that her imagination was far more interesting than real life. After acquiring a degree in history and barely escaping from the British Civil Service alive, she moved to California and then to Hawaii with her kids and her husband and set about reinventing herself as a romance writer. She is known for both her unconventional heroes and her joy at subverting romance clichés. In her spare time she self publishes science fiction erotic romance, historical romance, and whatever else she can imagine. You can find Kate on katepearce.com.

Reviews for The Duke of Debt

[francesf · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Trite, utterly predictable and maddening. The sex scenes were good though.

[sheila · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good love story. Marriage of convenience is always fun especially with a well written hero and heroine.

[Yvonne Svec · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It was good until the middle and then took a hard left, I didn't even want to finish it.

[Nicole Feingold · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved the other two and was looking forward to third.
Excellent in every way

[Joy Huntley · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good story and plot line. This is my favorite of the series.

[Peggy Ryan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Funny, poignant, charming, excellent. I need a book for Lottie. I love each character.

[Sam Ashish · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Absolutely hilarious right from the start, this book has the driest humour and then shows the honesty in both lead characters to the fullest. Absolutely brilliant writing , I highly recommend this book with its humour straight talking and romance.

[veronica needa · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great to follow the connections between the various characters and the other books in the series. Enjoyed much.

[smev · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The story is good but I can’t handle the author. Everyone character sounds whiny or grumpy or older of something. I can’t get past the author enough to enjoy the actual story.

[Jennifer Torres · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed the series, but the narrator was aweful on the third book. First two were good.

[mama rebelle · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Third in series, I got to the wedding and gave up.
The narrator was totally unsuitable for the book.

[Samantha Holz · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was super good as usual but I struggled with the narrator. I hate saying that but I felt like some of her male voices were a little for Ed and it was a little off-putting.

[Janie · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Could not make it past chapter 1 …. the narration is so horrid!

[Dela · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The narrator’s voice on male characters, even halfway through the book, the male narration was not enjoyable or convincing.. wasted audiobook, good storyline though, maybe better to read.

[leah · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The story started out promising but as like many others posting reviews I couldn’t stand the male voices of the narrator and I had to stop listening.

[Micheala Poindexter · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I want to read this book but honestly the men of the audiobook all sound like the same aged walrus with a massive handlebar mustache. The women are very nasally. No continuity with the previous books’ interpretation. I’ve made it through over two hours of it but it’s just too much of a caricature. It’s just not the best listen. Will try reading later.

[Pam Denmark · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This story was predicable, but a good listen! I enjoyed this period story’s for the characters were colorful and fun. Sexual contact was mild, but enjoyable.

[Ginger Zenczak · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Didn't like the reader. Did like the story. Voices didn't fit character.

[Mary Charleyand · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

If this were the best novel ever written, it would not be worth one minute of the awful narration. Ms. McGlovin renders an awful parody of a an upper-class British accent, and her reading is without any thread of continuity to the two previous narrations in this series. Do t=not waste your time and patience.

[nadjainkanada · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The book was great, but the voice is very annoying. Wished there was another version so I could revisit later sometime.

[Celia Klassen · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Love the story. Didn't love this narrator, if this had been the first in the series I wouldnt have got into it because of the voice. Her reading voice is nice but the gruff "manly" voices were too much.

[Amy Altadonna · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Whyyy do you change the narrator partway through the series?!! Everytime I get used to a character's "voice", you change the voice on the next book. Please keep the same person for a full series. Also, this one does a male voice impression that is way to growly....
The story and the book? Great!

[Naomi Carter · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The 3 stars is strictly because of the narrator of the audio book. The male voice was sounded like a dirty old man. Not a 30 yr old handsome Duke.
The story was good but was hard to get into because of the voice issue.

[Sean Fleming · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I'm sure this book is every bit as wonderful as the first two books in the series, but the narrator was so horrible that I couldn't make it past the second chapter. Every single male voice from the crotchety grumpy valet to the handsome, charming 30yo male romantic lead sounded exactly the same - like a gross slovenly lecherous middle-aged lower-class portly innkeeper. Seriously. I had to stop - couldn't even imagine how gross it would be to have that voice in a romantic scene. Disgusting. Oh- and every single female character sounded snippy. And the females and males had completely different accents. Ridiculous. Were it not for the text saying who said what, it would be completely impossible to distinguish one character from another, especially among the males. It's really a shame, because the narrator does beautifully with the cadence and inflection of her reading - very easily understood.

[Betsy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed the story, but the narrator did not do the book any favors. She made the women sound hysterical & the men sound stuffy. Not what you want in a romance.

[Enjoli Horton · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I’m sure this third installment is just as good as the first two books. Unfortunately the voice actress is so bad at narrating the story I only got about 15 minutes into the story before I couldn’t listen anymore. She some how managed to make all the male characters up to that point sound like greasy, crotchety, potbellied old men. Clearly that’s not going to translate well in more explicit scenes because there’s nothing sexy about greasy, crotchety, potbellied old men. I’ll pass on the audiobook and just read the written story to avoid vomiting in my mouth during the steamy scenes. I’m so mad they didn’t use one of the same voice actresses that read the first two books. What a waste…

[Mofee · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Audiobooks are big business now so I just dont understand why publishers and authors dont pick the right narrators for their books? Many a good book was abandoned or ruined by bad narration and the author probably never bought again?
Is this book any good? I dont know tbh i listened to a couple of chapters and that was enough. The characters sound like they should be in Richard Osman's retirement home book.
If I'm going to spend 8 hours listening to a book please pick the right narrator or people will skip past and pick another book

[Barbara · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A wonderful mixture of feelings, honesty and storytelling. I could not stop listening. For once a heroine who takes her life into her own hands, uses her skills and doesn't wait like Cinderella for her prince. Thank you for a great book.