Devil's Bride

When the infamous Devil Cynster offers marriage to the spirited Honoria Wetherby after they are found together unchaperoned at a murder scene, the match shocks Regency society and surprises even Devil himself. Honoria has no interest in marrying simply to satisfy convention, but the investigation into the murder of a young Cynster cousin keeps pulling her and Devil together long after propriety would have separated them. Stephanie Laurens's first Cynster novel established the template for one of Regency romance's most durable series: strong-willed heroines, rakes who meet their match, and family dynamics as complex and entertaining as the central romance.

Simon Prebble narrates with the precise period elegance and dry wit the Regency romance genre rewards, giving the verbal sparring between Devil and Honoria its proper comic and romantic energy. His voice work across the large Cynster family ensemble is distinctly differentiated, and the murder investigation's procedural elements are handled with enough seriousness to create genuine narrative tension alongside the romance. At just over fifteen hours, Devil's Bride is an ideal audio introduction to the series.