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Title: The Romantic Ruse

Author: Barbara Goss

Narrator: Ann M. Thompson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-02-17

Publisher: Barbara A. Goss

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Romance, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

Amazon Best Seller in April 2016.

Desperate circumstances called for bold action. Lily couldn't resist the invitation to masquerade as her friend Emma to escape an undesired courtship. Her ruse backfires when she falls in love with Emma's intended. How could she possibly tell him her real identity? This deceit has also put her life in danger. Gus finds her working in a saloon and turns his back on her. Now her main objective is to win him back - no matter what it takes. A sizzling clean romance.

Members Reviews:

Trust and Love, Lies and Deciet

Lies, deceit, being forced to do what she did not want nor should not have to do. Losing, trust, love, and confidence in the one person he thought he could count on. . . toss in a kidnapping, a saloon, and a merry race and you have one great action packed love story!

Barb tells another great story! I love the way Barb weaves her western stories and how she takes her readers through the lives of imperfect people who discover who they are while holding on to their faith and working through their problems. This one does not disappoint!

For me, Ann M. Thompson's performance was okay. Her character voices were good, but I personally had problems with the choppiness of some of the narration. I could very well be me though.

This audio book was given to me for an honest review.

Great story

There are so many twists and turns in this book but it is very easy to follow.

Lily 'borrows' a ticket and leaves home under a cloud to meet up with her sister-in-law, Emma's potential mail order husband. She masquerades as Emma and this is where the fun begins.

The story is full of potential danger, 2 kidnappings, new and old friendships, family ties, adventure and the building of trust and love between two very special people.

I loved the way my attention was held throughout and would have been totally happy to have the story continue, but all good things must come to an end I guess and thank goodness there are more books by this author that I can still read or listen to.

The narration of the audiobook version by Ann M. Thompson was interesting. I think she has a good voice but doesn't always use it to her full acting potential, however, it was adequate as a read story.

The audiobook version was provided by the author at no cost and this is my honest and unbiased review.

Good, clean fun

I loved the story of Gus and Lily. They had a lot of ups and downs but they put God first and made it through. Lily decided to take a train ticket and pretended to be her sister in law Emma to run from her arranged marriage. Emma was writing Gus and decided to marry Lily's brother. Lots of suspense and drama. I was given a copy through ARC for an honest review. I highly recommend.

Perils of Pauline?

[AUDIO] The somewhat overly bouncy vocalizations of the first chapter quickly smooth down and even out as the plot and characters take charge of the action in this clean, sweet, Christian Western Romance. We have some wild goings on, mistaken identity and multiple happy endings in this delightful novella.

DISCLAIMER: I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher. Actually, I selected and requested this particular title because it sounded like fun--and it was!

Fun Western Romance

Any additional comments?

Lily has no interest in an arranged marriage and flees, pretending to be her friend Emma.