Jenny Frame

Professor of Archeology Henrietta "Harry” Knight becomes Countess of Axedale upon her father’s death and takes a sabbatical from Cambridge University to begin refurbishing the long-neglected and run-down Axedale Hall. The child of a loveless marriage, witness to her father’s infidelities and her mother’s pain, Harry has no intention of ever falling in love. Annie Brannigan is a survivor, remaining positive through hardships. As an agency housekeeper, she moves from post to post with her daughter Riley, taking care of people who have everything she will never have. Annie’s greatest wish is to find her happy ever after. Can love restore the countess’s heart and the crumbling Axedale Hall, or will the first foundations of love turn to dust?

Courting the Countess

Lucia Correa

3 Stars for the Audio version.

In general when I listen to an audio book that I had originally read myself, I often give it the same or better star ratings. In this case I removed a star. I liked it better the first time I read it. Maybe my mood at the time? Reading vs. listening? The narrator, Nicola Victoria Vincent was not the best I ever heard, but she was OK. so that wasn't a problem.

I think this time around, I didn't like Harry very much - too emotionally immature and although she had a difficult childhood (absent parents, etc.) she had a woe is me attitude throughout most of the book. And it wasn't (as Annie pointed out) THAT bad when compared to Annie's. Eventually, Harry gets over it (it is a romance after all). Maybe because I recently read books in which the characters had very rough childhoods, similar to Annie's - poor, no parents, foster care system, homelessness, etc. that I had less patience with her attitude.

That being said, I still gave it 3 stars - I still liked it overall and I won't be surprised if I pick it up again for another read.

Tess

Larissa Cruz

Professor of Archeology Henrietta “Harry” Knight becomes Countess of Axedale upon her father’s death and takes a sabbatical from Cambridge University to begin refurbishing the long-neglected and run-down Axedale Hall. The child of a loveless marriage, witness to her father’s infidelities and her mother’s pain, Harry has no intention of ever falling in love. Annie Brannigan is a survivor, remaining positive through hardships. As an agency housekeeper, she moves from post to post with her daughter Riley, taking care of people who have everything she will never have. Annie’s greatest wish is to find her happy ever after. Can love restore the countess’s heart and the crumbling Axedale Hall, or will the first foundations of love turn to dust?

Courting the Countess

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