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Title: In His Arms

Author: Robin Lee Hatcher

Narrator: Pam Ward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-23-11

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 35 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Dear Inga,

Im thinking it is not good for my baby and me to stay much longer in Whistle Creek, Idaho. The sheriff is showing altogether too much interest. I suppose I should feel flattered, for Carson Barclay is not only strikingly handsome, but a man of character and faith who has shown Keary and me considerable kindness. But Im afraid his affections are ones I cannot return. The secret I bear makes a future with him impossible.

Yet Inga, when Sheriff Barclay is near, its everything in my Irish heart that wishes otherwise.

Your friend, Mary Emeline Malone

Idaho: mountainous, rugged. Men go there to find their fortunes in the silver mines - and lose their pasts. But as Mary Malone discovers, sometimes the past is not so easily shaken. It will take a good mans strong, persistent love to penetrate the young immigrants defenses and disarm the secret that makes a hostage of her heart.

In His Arms is Book Three in the Coming to America series about women who come to America to start new lives. Set in the late 1800s and early 1900s, these novels by best-selling author Robin Lee Hatcher craft intense chemistry and conflict between the characters, lit by a glowing faith and humanity that will win your heart. Look for other books in the series at your favorite Christian bookstore.

Members Reviews:

"In His Ams", a sweet love story.

What made the experience of listening to In His Arms the most enjoyable?

First of all being able to listen to it on my Kindle rather than reading the text.

It always amazes me when I hear the narrators that were chosen and how perfect they were for the part. It makes listening such a pleasurable experience.

What other book might you compare In His Arms to and why?

I am new to the audible books, so as I have listened to a variety of subjects, I cannot say that I have listened to one that I can compare this to. Maybe down the road as I become more experienced, this will be an easier question for me to answer

Which scene was your favorite?

When Mary Malone had taken over the Painted Lady and she was confronted by Mr. Kendrick.

Any additional comments?

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I realize it was one of a series that the author has re-written for Zondervan to be considered a Christian book. It is refreshing to read this kind of book and not have foul language or scenes that are corrupt.

Another good example of audible trumping text!

Enjoyable Reading

If you could sum up In His Arms in three words, what would they be?

This is the first of Robin Lee Hatcher's books that I've read, and I must say I enjoyed it very much.

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Title: Epitaph for Three Women

Author: Jean Plaidy

Narrator: Jilly Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-11

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

On the death of Henry V, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two uncles, the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester, who both have plans. In Lancastrian England and war-torn France, there are three women whose lives are to have a marked effect on the future. Katherine de Valois, haunted by an unhappy childhood, finds love in an unexpected quarter and founds the Tudor dynasty; Joan of Arc leaves her village pastures on the command of heavenly voices; and Eleanor of Gloucester is drawn into a murder plot and becomes the centre of a cause celebre. Murder, greed and ambition flourish alongside sacrifice, dedication and courage. These are turbulent times as the defeated become the victorious.

Members Reviews:

I love the Jean Plaidy's novels

I love the Jean Plaidy's novels. Epitaph for Three Women is the twelfth novel in a collection of thirteen that follows the lives of the Plantagenet rulers of England. The book is wonderful. I am about half way through this novel and it is a fantastic story of intrigue and underhandedness. I can barely put the book down. It was also fabulous reading more about Saint Joan of Arc.

Five Stars

Good book!

Jean Plaidy hhistorical fiction

Love this book which is part of the Plantagenet series by Jean Plaidy. I was so thrilled to be able to find and obtain this book to complete my collection through the used section of Amazon.

Three women...ambitious, virtous and serene.

Jean Plaidy never disappoints when she weaves her magic into the stories of long ago. Epitaph For Three Women is another of her fine works of art.

Katherine of Valois, married to Henry V, is a new widow with a the young Henry VI to bring to the throne. While she lives contented she soon finds love with a Welsh squire by the name of Owen Tudor. She and Owen have such a pure love and they wed in secret, just before a law passes stating that no woman of nobility can marry below her rank. And Katherine is with child. Her dreams of happiness have finally come true, until her secret is finally out...

Joan of Arc...Wow! What a human being! She had such devotion to God that He gives her a task: to save France from the English. And Joan (or Jeanette in her native French) does so with great strife and struggle. She was visited by St. Catherine, St. Margaret and the Archangel Michael who gave her strength in her times of utter despair. And even when the French King turned his back on her (after she led the French army in a battle to have him crowned in Rheims) she was still devoted to him in every way. She was soon captured by the English and burned at the stake as a witch. But they clearly burned a saint. All this before she even reached 20!

Eleanor of Gloucester was just a peasant girl who had high ambitions. The Duke of Gloucester fell under her 'love spell.' Eleanor was a great believer in witchcraft and with the help of a certain 'witch' she was soon married to the most powerful man in England, aside from the King. Unfortunately, her ambitions would in the end bring on her demise as well as others around her. She never would bear the child she so longed for and her hopes of doing away with the young King would amount to nothing.

Epitaph For Three Women is an exceptional piece of work.

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Titel: Kurs auf Spaniens Küste (Aubrey/Maturin 1)

Autor:: Patrick O'Brian

Erzähler: Johannes Steck

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 15 hrs and 9 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-31-11

Herausgeber: Kuebler Hörbuch. Ein Label der Kuebler Television AG

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Jack Aubrey erhält sein erstes Kommando, die recht kleine und alte Kanonen-Brigg Sophie mit zwei Masten und 14 Kanonen. Er ist ein außergewöhnlich guter Seemann und taktisch sehr versiert; neben Ehre und Beförderung möchte er auch guten Prisen erbeuten. An Land allerdings ist er ungeschickt und bereitet sich dadurch selbst viele Probleme. Oft, aber nicht immer, kann Maturin helfend eingreifen.

Kritik Bewertungen:

Die besten historischen Romane, die jemals geschrieben wurden

-- New York Times Book Reviews

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Title: Hidden Affections

Author: Delia Parr

Narrator: Morgan Hallett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Having garnered such honors as the Laurel Wreath Award for Historical Romance, CBA best-selling author Delia Parr delivers an engaging tale set in the outskirts of 1830s Philadelphia. While on her way to a new life, Annabelle Tyler finds herself handcuffed by highwaymen to Harrison Graymoor - Philadelphias most eligible bachelor - and thrust into a marriage neither wants. Before they can annul this sham, however, the newspaper announces their nuptials. As the plot thickens, the unlikely couple desperately tries not to fall in love.

Members Reviews:

Enjoyable

Though one point of the plot foundation was quite implausible, I did still really enjoy this book.

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Title: The African

Author: Harold Courlander

Narrator: Peter Francis James

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The African is Harold Courlanders critically-acclaimed novel of the slave trade as seen through the eyes of Hwesuhunu. An insightful journey through the volatile frontiers of American slavery, this unforgettable story is the riveting primary source for Alex Haleys Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots. Hwesuhunus life is portrayed in heartbreaking detail. Starting with his capture by French slave traders and the horrors of the Middle Passage, The African recounts his heroic fight for survival while shipwrecked on the island of Saint Lucia, his enslavement on a Georgia plantation, and his fate-driven quest for freedom as a runaway. Throughout these ordeals, Courlander passionately and eloquently conveys the full panorama of Hwesuhunus emotions, from the desperate confusion over his plight to his consuming search for his lifes meaning. Peter Francis James deeply resonant voice brings Courlanders masterful prose to life with power and purpose.

Members Reviews:

The African

Wish I had found this gem years ago. Though not the epic that was "Roots" but its powerful non the less. The actor who did the reading did a remarkable job with the many accents of the various characters.

A required read for all inhabitants of Earth...

A classic novel that cements my appreciation of the ancestors who've suffered, yet found a way to triumph....

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Title: The Scarlet Kimono

Author: Christina Courtenay

Narrator: Julia Franklin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-11

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

England, 1611, and young Hannah Marston envies her brother's adventurous life. But when she stows away on a merchant ship, her powers of endurance are stretched to their limit. Then they reach Japan and all her suffering seems worthwhile until she is abducted by Taro Kumashiro's warriors. In the far north of the country, warlord Kumashiro is intrigued to learn more about the girl who he has been warned about by a seer. There's a clash of cultures and wills, but they're also fighting an instant attraction to each other. With her brother desperate to find her and the jealous Lady Reiko equally desperate to kill her, Hannah faces the greatest adventure of her life. And Kumashiro has to choose between love and honour...

Members Reviews:

great story

Really enjoyed this book, unusual setting and some very interesting facts about Japan. Loved the strong minded Hannah.

Prince Charming saves the damsel in destress

Unimaginative & predictable story with one-dimensional characters. Fun to listen to though because the narrator is wonderful!

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Title: The Owl Killers

Author: Karen Maitland

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-11

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

England 1321: Deep in the countryside lies an isolated village governed by a sinister regime of Owl Masters. But their dark status quo is disturbed by the arrival of a house of religious women. Why do their crops succeed when village crops fail, their cattle survive despite the plague? Accusations of witchcraft and heresy run rife, while the Owl Masters rain down hellfire and torment on the women, who must look to their faith to save them from the lengthening shadow of evil... a shadow with predatory, terrifying talons.

Critic Reviews:

"Maitland has conjured up a medieval world startling in its brutality and unrivaled in it's fury." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

utterly enthralling, loved every minute

I'd read Company of Liars, and didn't think another book could come close to that, but The Owl Killers exceeded all my expectations. It was utterly enthralling from start to finish and I loved every minute.

It did take me half an hour or so to get into it, but after that I became increasingly immersed in the character development and the story line, and David Thorpe's narration was fantastic.

As with Company of Liars, the descriptions are so good that you can almost feel & smell what it was like to live in those times! The plot is intriguing, the descriptions vivid and I found the book totally addictive - I couldn't stop listening and was disapointed when I got to the end.

Entralling mystical medieval

It took me about an hour of listening to really get into this imaginative and enthralling story and become familiar with the five characters through whom the story would be told. It's an extraordinary novel that brings medieval existence to life in all its day-to-day privations, subservience to the local lord, superstitions and fears of eternal damnation drummed into the populace by an unforgiving Church. It's a very powerful story of the struggle between good and evil centred around a village somewhere near Norwich where a group of women from Low Countries have setup a religious community that is distrusted by the Church and by the local community who are still in thrall to pagan beliefs exploited by a band of Owl Masters who terrorize them.

Much of the pleasure and power of this book is due to the exceptionally good narrator, David Thorpe, who brings a wealth of characters to life by giving them individual voices by which they are easily identified in this roller-coaster of a story.

Don't be put off by mixed reviews

I considered all the readers reviews but as they seemed to indicate listeners either thought it great or awful it was always a gamble. however as I had enjoyed company of liars I thought give it a go. Yes it does take a while to get into and yes some of the characters are initially confusing as they all have the same names Martha this and Martha that. But as it unfolded so did the characters, the story and the intrigue.

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Title: Edge of Honor

Author: Gilbert Morris

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-12-11

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Quentin Larribee is a surgeon - one of the best. But in the confusion of one of the Civil War's last, desperate skirmishes, the hands devoted to healing bring death to William Breckenridge, an enemy soldier in the act of surrendering. Now the deed haunts Quentin. A bright future lies before him, with marriage to the lovely Irene Chambers and eventual ownership of her father's prosperous medical practice. But it cannot ease Quentin's troubled conscience. Honor compels him to see to the welfare of the dead man's family.

Quentin moves from New York City to the little town of Helena, Arkansas, where he attempts to save the wife of Breckenridge and her children from financial ruin. But in trying to solve one problem, he creates another, falling in love with the widow of the man he killed - a woman who knows nothing of his terrible secret. Two women beckon Quentin - one to a life where his gift as a healer can prosper beyond his wildest dreams, the other to a truer but impossible love.

Edge of Honor is an unforgettable novel of redemption and honor, where good is found in the unlikeliest places and God's unseen hand weaves a masterful tapestry of human hearts and lives.

Members Reviews:

Great Book

This is a great book, however the narrator is not as good to listen to as Ed Sala is from Recorded books

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Title: The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe

Author: Andrew O'Hagan

Narrator: John Keating

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-27-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In November 1960, Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a dog. His name was Mafia Honey, or Maf for short. He had an instinct for celebrity. For politics. For psychoanalysis. For literature. For interior decoration. For Liver Treat with a side order of National Biscuits.

Born in the household of Vanessa Bell, brought to the United States by Natalie Wood's mother, given as a Christmas present to Marilyn after she separated from Arthur Miller, Maf offers a keen insight into the world of Hollywood's greatest star... not to mention a hilarious peek into the brain of an opinionated, well-read, politically scrappy, complex canine hero.

Maf was with Marilyn for the last two years of her life - first in New York, where she mixed with everyone who was anyone (including the art dealer Leo Castelli and Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio crowd), and then back to Los Angeles. Marilyn took him to meet President Kennedy and to Hollywood restaurants, department stores, and interviews. They also went to Mexico for her divorce.

With style, brilliance, and panache, Andrew OHagan has drawn an altogether original portrait of the woman behind the icon - and the dog behind the woman.

Editorial Reviews:

Most people can easily think of historical situations where they'd like to have been a fly on the wall, quietly observing the real story of exactly what took place in those famous moments. Andrew O'Hagan's clever novel shows us we would do better to be the dog in the room, if the room belongs to Marilyn Monroe. During the last two years of her life, the American icon really did have a Scottish Maltese poodle, Mafia Honey, who was given to her by Frank Sinatra. The author transforms this companion animal into a delightfully educated and compassionate commentator on a very well-known life, and Maf becomes a deeply elegant and engaging conversationalist thanks to the talents of narrator John Keating.

Irishman Keating effuses warmth and empathy, and a good bit of humor, into Scotsman O'Hagan's respectfully intimate portrait of a classic American celebrity. Whether Maf is accompanying Marilyn to rehearsals or psychotherapy, to parties or just to the living room, the dog is equal parts thought-provoking and protective. Keating does not let one salacious vibration slip into his distinguished dog, even on the occasion of Marilyn's first meeting with President Kennedy. Although all the rough and tumble brogue is music to the ears, Keating also shines with several famous character voices. Listen especially for his terrifying and sad portrayal of Frank Sinatra throwing a macho tantrum.

Keating does a gem of a job in balancing witty treasures with the treachery of fame. O'Hagan's foreign perspective on Marilyn Monroe is a welcome departure from the persistent notions that she was a weak-willed and shallow woman who relied on her striking good looks to get by in life, instead using Maf to reveal her as an emotionally astute but unfortunately lonely lady who still has some things to prove to herself. No wonder this book has already garnered O'Hagan the Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award.

Members Reviews:

Well, I loved the dog

I really enjoyed this book, the dog, Maf is a great story teller and I liked his philosophical approach to life.

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Title: The Gendarme

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Mark Mustian

Narrator: Neil Shah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Author and attorney Mark T. Mustian has won rave reviews for his ambitious novel, The Gendarme.

Plagued by failing memory, Emmett Conn dreams he was a gendarme in World War I and that his great love, Araxie, was separated from him after the war. With the lines between past and present blurring more every day, Emmett sets out to find the woman he lost all those decades ago.

Members Reviews:

Idea better than the book

What disappointed you about The Gendarme?

This story is difficult to get into and I disliked the premise of an old man, presumably dying, suddenly dream/remembering his past. I didn't like the characters and that made it difficult to care about the events and the outcome. I found the ending to be disappointing.

What could Mark Mustian have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Developed a likable character.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

I liked that the performance was innocuous - didn't distract from the story line.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Indifference.

Any additional comments?

After reading the background on the book on Mustian's website, I understood his rationale a bit more, but I still don't feel that he met his own goal of remembering a dark episode of the past.