Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • Foes, Friends, and Lovers

  • The Cynsters Next Generation Series, Book 10
  • By: Stephanie Laurens
  • Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
  • Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Foes, Friends, and Lovers cover art

Foes, Friends, and Lovers

By: Stephanie Laurens
Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Buy Now for £25.00

Buy Now for £25.00

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

By Winter's Light cover art
The Promise in a Kiss cover art
Captain Jack's Woman cover art
The Lady's Command cover art
The Untamed Bride cover art
The Designs of Lord Randolph Cavanaugh cover art
Where the Heart Leads cover art
The Governess of Penwythe Hall cover art
1750: Jacqueline cover art
Lady Osbaldestone’s Christmas Goose cover art
The Noble Smuggler cover art
The Shadow Earl cover art
Remember Love cover art
The Chaperone cover art
Confirmed Bachelors: Books 1-3 cover art
Primrose and the Dreadful Duke cover art

Summary

A gentleman searching for a purpose in life sets out to claim his legacy, only to discover that instead of the country residence he’d expected, he’s inherited an eccentric community whose enterprises are overseen by a decidedly determined young lady who is disinclined to hand over the reins.

Gregory Cynster arrives at the property willed to him by his great-aunt with the intention of converting Bellamy Hall into a quiet, comfortable gentleman’s country residence, only to discover the Hall overrun by an eclectic collection of residents engaged in a host of business endeavors under the stewardship of a lady far too young to be managing such reins.

With the other residents of the estate, Caitlin Fergusson has been planning just how to deal with the new owner, but coming face to face with Gregory Cynster throws her and everyone else off their stride. They’d anticipated a bored and disinterested gentleman who, once they’d revealed the income generated by the Hall’s community, would be content to leave them undisturbed.

Instead, while Gregory appears the epitome of the London rake they’d expected him to be, they quickly learn he’s determined to embrace Bellamy Hall and all its works and claim ownership of the estate.

While the other residents adjust their thinking, the burden of dealing daily with Gregory falls primarily on Caitlin’s slender shoulders. Yet as he doggedly carves out a place for himself, Caitlin’s position as chatelaine-cum-steward seems set to grow redundant. But Caitlin has her own reasons for clinging to the refuge her position at Bellamy Hall represents.

What follows is a dance of revelations, both of others and also of themselves, for Gregory, Caitlin, and the residents of Bellamy Hall. Yet even as they work out what their collective future might hold, a shadowy villain threatens to steal away everything they’ve created.

©2022 Stephanie Laurens (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

What listeners say about Foes, Friends, and Lovers

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    12
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    10
  • 4 Stars
    3
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    13
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Characters

Rich tapestry of characters and good plot. I enjoy all Stephanie Lauren’s novels and one gets to know the whole family and its development.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Good story

This was a good story, well up to Stephanie Laurens’ usual standards. The narrator was generally excellent except for some cringeworthy pronunciations, especially for place names. Stephanie Laurens sets her books in recognisable places therefore there is a correct way of pronouncing these names. Surely not beyond the capability of a professional narrator to check pronunciation?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable !

I had to wait awhile longer to read/hear this because I used my credit but it was worth it. I knew very little about Gregory Cynster, and so was not sure what sort of hero he was going to be.He proved to be really likeable and also a capable guardian and leader and when he needed to be, calm under pressure. He proved to Caitlyn that he could handle that responsibility as well as sort out difficulties when they occur.All the activity at the hall show. a thriving community that love the lives they lead as well as care about each other. A really good story, so much so that I am looking forward to the next one about Martin Cynster, Gregory's youngest brother.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!