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Narrated by Rosalyn Landor What a wonderful and intriguing story! The Duke of Clermont, Robert, is behind a plot to end the aristocracy, publishing worker-organizing flyers under a pseudonym. Minnie – Wilhemina Pursling – is a dowdy mouse of a woman, who is actually trying her best to live under the radar, to hide her…
Narrated by Carol Schneider I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of evil. I want to know what it’s capable of and how it shapes people. So, when I heard about Obsession, the first book in Debra Webb’s Faces of Evil series, I jumped at the chance to review it. In Birmingham, Alabama, four young…
Narrated by Xe Sands Always enthused to hear another romance title narrated by Xe Sands, I started listening to Loved by You expecting an intelligently written contemporary romance, on par with Rachel Gibson and Kristan Higgins. After all, the publisher’s blurb compares Kate Perry’s writing to these contemporary romance giants. Two of my favorite authors,…
I was so pleasantly surprised by Sleigh Bells in the Snow. I hadn’t expected to like it too much since I’m a person that rarely gets into the Christmas spirit and, thus, I tend to avoid Christmas themed books. I’ve always worried they would be too schmaltzy. However, I never felt that way while reading…
”Make ‘em laugh, Make ‘em laugh, don’t you know everyone wants to laugh?” Donald O’Connor immortalized those words in the popular movie Singin’ in the Rain. While they are meant to be comical they contain more than a kernel of truth. Most people do love to laugh, I know I certainly do. And one of…
Women’s lit meets gay romance in this tepid tale of two high school lovers, one who acknowledges his true nature and the other in the closet because of an overbearing father. Since this is ground many other gay romances have trampled, Roberts makes one character a drag performer who hides this side of himself from…
Narrated by Kate Russell First person narratives can be unreliable (in more ways than one). In the hands of a talented narrator, though, first person works very well as an audiobook. Such is the case with Wild Man, second in Kristen Ashley’s (KA) Dream Man series, ably narrated by Kate Russell. KA devotees are familiar…
Narrated by Roger Hampton In Once Upon a Tartan, the second book of Ms. Burrowes’ MacGregor trilogy, we renew our acquaintance with Hester Daniels, one of the secondary characters in The Bridegroom Wore Plaid. Hester has been packed off to Scotland in disgrace, following her breaking of a betrothal she didn’t want, to a man who tried…
This first book in a new series by Maya Rodale is fun, fluffy, and unashamedly pokes fun at a number of trends in current popular culture. Now, I love well-done romantic fluff. It’s hard to write convincingly, and Ms Rodale certainly displays a talent for writing sparkling dialogue that flows effortlessly. The story is well…
The enigma of nature versus nurture has been around for hundreds of years. While there is no doubt that how we are raised has a profound impact on who we turn out to be, there is certainly ample proof that genetics play into the equation as well. The question of just which of the two…
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