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Right now is the era of the psychological thriller. And the nice thing is that most of the books being published are not the Gone Girl copycats that will soon be appearing on our shelves. They are (in my opinion) novels by writers who had always intended to write a disturbing, misleading mystery and who…
Coming back home after one’s been an unruly teen is difficult, but coming back completely changed and trying to convince others of that change is even worse. Or so thinks former foster child Alessandro Silva when he returns to Perch Creek, a small town outside Wilmington, DE. But a bad reputation is more difficult to…
I haven’t reread this Regency-era historical romance for years but remembered it fondly – so much so, that it was #64 on my recent Top 100 ballot. And when I learned it was available in audio format, I was eager for a reread. Unfortunately, it didn’t stand up quite as well as I expected, and…
Narrated by Xe Sands I wasn’t sure I was in the mood for a Pirate romance (I never did get that excited about Pirates of Caribbean), so when the option of this review book came across my iPhone, I hesitated for a moment. But I have loved Anne Stuart since I read some of her…
Narrated by Julia Motyka, Paul L. Coffey, and Jennifer O’Donnell Julianne MacLean’s The Color of Heaven was the first review I wrote for AudioGals. For that reason, plus an unforgettable plot, I consider it special, a definite favorite listen of all time. Not very long ago, I learned that MacLean had published a sequel. I…
Narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt Although I’m a long-term reader and fan of Georgette Heyer’s romances, there are a couple that, for reasons I can’t fathom, passed me by, and The Black Moth is one of them. So I’ve come to the audio completely fresh, as it were, not having read the book previously. I don’t know…
Narrated by Lucy Rivers Unbound tells the story of Merry Murray who, after losing a lot of weight, goes on a walking tour of Scotland, the place of her mother’s birth. There, she falls ill and seeks shelter in the secluded cabin of grumpy hermit, Rob Rush. Rob is in self-imposed exile; alone in the Highlands,…
There are books you love, and books you hate, and books that you just don’t care about one way or the other. It’s really easy to write about those you love and those you hate – the books you love, you want everyone else to love too, so you expound upon the wonders of the…
I can tell you right now that the trouble with Honor Cabot is her inability to think and behave sensibly. You do not need to read this entire book to identify its failings—just glance at the first chapters of The Trouble with Honor and you’ll see what I mean. Honor is not the first Regency…
Narrated by Kirby Heybourne I love this job. Seriously. I get to listen to some of my favorite authors and then tell you why you should or shouldn’t listen as well. Once again, I was lucky enough to listen to and review a book by one of my favorite authors, Karen Kingsbury. I had been…
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