They were Sylvester, Venetia and A Convenient Marriage. The narrator alone was the reason I listened and I enjoyed them very much. The only other of your books I’ve managed to get through (although I hasten to add that for the most part I’ve given up before even opening the book) are the three abridged audiobooks narrated by Richard Armitage. My mental block was around the very real concern that your language would be impenetrable to me.
I’ve never studied Classics (alas) and I’ve never read Bronte or Austen (yes, I am a Philistine). Every time I fixed my determination on trying a Heyer I’d get right up to the bit where I opened the first page and chicken out. The goal was more… aspirational than realistic. I have many of your books on my TBR and a few in my audiobook collection (this is one of them) but after a bad experience with Regency Buck as my first ever audiobook (which threatened to put me to sleep and which I therefore DNFd), your books were always in the “I’ll read them someday” pile. Even though you’ve been dead for many years I remain intimidated by you.
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