I also love that I was brought to tears at all the right moments and at times, I was unable to stop my laughter. I was never bored and for once, my mind did not wander while listening and I was able to follow through the whole reading. I love the different voices that she used in her narration most especially the interaction between Bram and Susanna. This book is narrated by Carolyn Morris and I love her! This is the first time that I have heard her narrate but her delivery enhanced Tessa Dare’s book. The romance was believable and I could not help but fall for Bram myself! Again, Dare is able to incorporate steamy scenes in her stories that enhance the romance between the two characters (read scene were they do it under the willow tree – yowza!).

The story is funny and witty and I could not help but laugh out loud at some really humorous parts. Naturally, sparks fly as the two battle each other for the control of the village. Susanna abhors war and doesn’t want her quaint little village to be overrun by males vehemently disagrees with this plan. The formation of the militia was the condition. The story revolves around the formation of a militia to safeguard Spindle Cove from the impending threat of the French (?) for which Bram is set to make happen so that Sir Lewis (Susanna’s father) would use his power in the War Office to reinstate Bram (let us note that Bram was injured from a bullet to the hip). I was actually more interested with Miranda (because she loves to read, and let’s face it, we love this type of heroine). I know this is a series so it was such fun to “meet” the future characters first.

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book! The hero and heroine Bram and Susanna are two very likable characters, both with an “affliction.” I also enjoyed meeting all the other ladies and interesting characters of Spindle Cove.

Apparently, Spindle Cove is “marketed” as a retreat for young ladies that are “painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the wrong men.” She meets Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff who is there on a mission to get reinstated in the military and sparks MOST DEFINITELY fly. The story centers around Susanna Finch, a retired war hero’s daughter, and the leader of the ladies at Spindle Cove. A Night to Surrender is the first book in Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series which takes place outside London in a seaside retreat for young ladies called Spindle Cove (or Spinster Cove as Lord Payne would say). I have found to be a geat author and will listen to more of her books. A Night to Surrender is the second book that I read from Tessa Dare.

A lady by midnight by tessa dare