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Narrated by Rosalyn Landor From the moment I first read a Julia Quinn historical romance, I was hooked; her historical romances are full of flawed and funny characters who value family and friendship above all things. As an added bonus, when I listened to Susanna Kearsley’s The Winter Sea (a wonderfully mystical book), I fell in…
This latest offering by Kerrelyn Sparks is the 14th in her Love at Stake series. While I have not read any of the other books in this series, I do not believe it necessary to read the previous books to understand this one. Ms. Sparks does a very good job of subtly revealing the backstory…
I really liked this book. It’s quirky and different and so unlike most NA books, a fact that deserves a hearty round of applause in and of itself. Truly, I wanted to give Flat-Out Love DIK status so badly. But a handful of problems – while not ruining the story – were so problematic that…
Narrated by Rosalyn Landor No Good Duke Goes Unpunished is the third book in Ms. MacLean’s Rules of Scoundrels series, and it tells the story of Temple, widely known as “The Killer Duke”. Persistent rumours name him as the murderer of a young woman (his father’s betrothed) on the eve of their wedding twelve years…
Narrated by Kate Rudd According to Goodreads, Kate Rudd has narrated 112 distinct works, but My Favorite Mistake was the first time my listening path crossed with hers. It won’t be the last. There are times when a narrator’s performance enhances a book beyond what would have been experienced if reading in print. This was one…
Narrated by Sophie Eastlake Rising Darkness is my first Thea Harrison book. There’s no definitive reason as to why I haven’t listened to one of her titles before other than there are so many choices out there. However, something about the description of Rising Darkness, first in Harrison’s Game of Shadows series, called to me. Mary…
This second-chance romance, in which an estranged couple are stranded together following a snowstorm, was for the most part an enjoyable and well-written début from Lily Dalton. The novel has lot going for it – an attractive and devoted hero-to-die-for, a lovely underlying sensuality and a real sense of relationship progression – but a couple…
Finding It is proof that, sometimes, a good book can make a bad initial impression. I’ll be honest, when I first started reading, I was groaning out loud at the thought of trying to finish this book. Kelsey came off as so obnoxious I really didn’t know how I would manage. When we meet Kelsey…
Hearing the hype surrounding this Australian comedy (that just happens to be a romance way off the beaten track), I quickly decided to give the audio version a try despite the fact that it’s the author’s debut novel and the narrator’s first audiobook performance. Told in first person by the hero no less, I felt…
It’s rare that I angst over the grade I am going to give a book. Normally I know by the time I am done what the letter will be, and the variation between a plus or minus can (and often does) work itself out as I write the review. But this book had me stumped…
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