Stately Pursuits by Katie Fforde; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Roe Kendall

“You’re not doing very much at the moment, darling. I don’t suppose you’d care to house-sit for a while?”

Thus begins the irresistible story of two fixer-uppers—an old house and a young woman—and their efforts to recapture their true luster.

When Hetty Longden, freshly dumped and brokenhearted, agrees to look after her great-uncle’s dilapidated mansion in the English countryside, she’s at something of a lifetime low. With no job, no lover, no prospects, and no particular talent for resuscitating crumbling estates, she hopes for nothing more than some good old-fashioned escape. What she finds includes a cast of quirky and ever-present neighbors, a couple of SNAGs (Sensitive New Age Guys); some very humorless bank officials; a cat and two disarming little canines; one gracious, dilapidated, romantic old house; and, just maybe, enough elbow grease to polish everything up again.

A Sunday Times (London) bestseller that’s as inviting as an elegant old house full of unexplored rooms, after a good scrubbing-down, of course, Stately Pursuits is the funniest, smartest, and warmest read of the season.

“Charming…Enormously enjoyable…Like listening to Cole Porter or watching The Philadelphia Story.”—Newsday

“Fforde’s appeal is her ability to reproduce the eccentricities of everyday life.”—Times (London)

“A delightful, unabashedly unpretentious love yarn.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Cheery, good-natured…The novel has a warm and fuzzy charm, some nice comic scenes, and the usual romantic contretemps.”—Publishers Weekly

“[Those] who enjoy the romantic novels of Jayne Ann Krentz and Nora Roberts will find a similar story here but with a delightful British accent.”—Library Journal

“[Stately Pursuits’] colorful cast of characters and wit are delightful enough to raise it above others of this genre. Both male and female voices are highly differentiated and totally in keeping with their characters. This is the great strength of Roe Kendall’s performance.”—AudioFile

Katie Fforde is the author of seventeen acclaimed novels, including Going Dutch, named a Sunday Times top ten bestseller in June 2007. Born in Wimbledon, she now lives in Gloucestershire, England, with her family.

Roe Kendall is an acclaimed audiobook narrator whose titles include Peter Pan by James M. Barrie, The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis, Mystical Paths by Susan Howatch, and Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie.