The Duchess of Sydney by Dawn Knox

Thank you @rararesouces and @SunriseCalls for letting me be part of this audio tour and reviewing this audio book. The Duchess of Sydney is book 1 in the series, and the audio is 6 hours and 2 minutes long. I enjoyed listening to this book immensely and found it to be a fascinating story that kept me hooked till the end. This is a different read to want I would normally read but I did enjoy following Georgiana's story. Georgiana is sentenced to a crime she did not do and is sent away to Sydney. The story was entertaining and I loved the narrative voice of Abigail Langham and the different accents she did and Abigail was very easy to listen to. The story is written extremely well and has a fantastic plot, and I felt like I was with Georgina at times. This is the first book I have read by Dawn Knox, her writing style is easy to get into and you could tell she has done a lot of research on this book that shows in her writing. I will be looking forward to book 2. 5 stars. Out to buy now. Blurb The Duchess of Sydney Betrayed, maliciously accused, and transported. Will she ever be free? Betrayed by her family and convicted of a crime she did not commit, Georgiana is sent halfway around the world to the penal colony of Sydney, New South Wales. Aboard the transport ship, the Lady Amelia, Lieutenant Francis Brooks, the ship’s agent, becomes her protector, taking her as his “sea - wife”. Not because he has any interest in her, but because he has been tasked with the duty. Despite their mutual distrus t, the attraction between them grows. But life has not played fair with Georgiana. She is bound by family secrets and lies. Will she ever be free again – free to be herself and free to love? Purchase Links https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The - Duchess - of - Sydney - Audiobook/B0C86JJPCV https://www.audible.com/pd/The - Duchess - of - Sydney - Audiobook/B0C 86PCZ3G Author Bio – Dawn spent much of her childhood making up stories filled with romance, drama and excitement. She loved fairy tales, although if she cast herself as a character, she’d more likely have played the part of the Court Jester than the Princ ess. She didn’t recognise it at the time, but she was searching for the emotional depth in the stories she read. It wasn’t enough to be told the Prince loved the Princess, she wanted to know how he felt and to see him declare his love. She wanted to see th e wedding. And so, she’d furnish her stories with those details. Nowadays, she hopes to write books that will engage readers ’ passions. From poignant stories set during the First World War, to the zany antics of the inhabitants of the fictitious town of B asilwade; and from historical romances, to the fantasy adventures of a group of anthropomorphic animals led by a chicken with delusions of grandeur, she explores the richness and depth of human emotion. A book by Dawn will offer laughter or tears – or anyt hing in between, but if she touches your soul, she ’ ll consider her job well done. She has been a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards for 2017 and 2020, Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2018 and Independent Author Network Book of the Year Award 2018. Daw n has also written two plays about the First World War, which have been performed in England, Germany and France.