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Title: The Irish Duke

Author: Virginia Henley

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 47 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Virginia Henley pens sumptuous historical romances eagerly devoured by fans. In The Irish Duke, Henley delivers an enthralling tale about a woman determined not to fall in love. Lord Abercorn of Ireland fell madly for Louisa when they were children. But she refused him then, as she still refuses every man, adamant she will never marry. Yet when scandal rocks her family, Louisa must accept Lord Abercorn as her husband.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful historic love story.

Enjoyed this story from the first to the last page, and WOW!! The narrator was one of the best I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.

Long and Rambling

This book had potential but i was unable to get use to the readers voice. The book seemed to ramble on too much filler.

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Title: Christmas at Fairacre

Subtitle: No Holly For Miss Quinn, The Christmas Mouse

Author: Miss Read

Narrator: Carole Boyd

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-10

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From an unexpected visitor on Christmas Eve in "The Christmas Mouse" to an unwanted change of plan in "No Holly For Miss Quinn", Miss Read recounts some of the most memorable Christmas events where often, despite best-laid plans, things do not always go as expected.For heart-warming reading there is no writer to rival Miss Read, and this charming collection of Christmas tales is packed with unforgettable characters, enchanting stories and festive cheer.

Members Reviews:

Middle of the Road.

Dear readers, as a past avid reader of Miss Read's novels and after having loved most of them in succession, this was my first audio version. Iyou, the dear reader are looking for a christmas story of warmth, of joviality and that seems to fill you with the spirit of christmas yonder, this may not be the book for you. Not have I been engrossed, nor was I equally pulled gently into the story. More so I found my mind wandering occasionally, and although not altogether bored, there was certainly a lack of charisma for me. it is for this reasosn that I give this book no more than 3 stars. While it is a happy christmas story, it is in my opinion nothing special. It is such as shame as having previously read others as I have stated above, I expected much more. Truly - Indie.

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Title: The Valcourt Heiress

Author: Catherine Coulter

Narrator: Anne Flosnik

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-10

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 136 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

When Garron of Kersey returns home from the kings service to claim his title as Baron Wareham, hes shocked to find Wareham Castle very nearly destroyed by a man called the Black Demon.

According to the last starving servants inside the castle walls, the Black Demon was looking for silver belonging to Garrons brother Arthur. Among his remaining servants is the enigmatic Merry, the bastard child of the castles priest. Garron quickly suspects that she is much more than a servant: She reads and writes and makes lists, just as he does. They work together to bring Wareham back to its former splendor.

But this is only the beginning. Did Arthur have a cache of silver? Who is the Black Demon? And the biggest question of all: Who is Merry?

Members Reviews:

Unbelievably Bad

I???ve read every historical romance written by Catherine Coulter and enjoyed them all. BUT, this is the worst book I???ve purchased in a long time. The characters were flat, boring and undeveloped. The story was disjointed and had no flow throughout the book. I was seriously disappointed and could not believe a veteran writer would but out something so poorly written.

Horrible ??? Don???t waste your money!

This book is very disjointed and the narrator???s voice is quite irritating to listen to. Usually I enjoy reading C. Coulter's book but for this one I wish I had read the reviews before I bought it.

A good narrator can make or break an audio book

Ann Flosnick should not have been the narrator for this book. Her overly smarmy British accent was wearing on the ears. Any one of a dozen British actresses could have done a much better job of the narration.

The only thing that kept me listening to the end is the fact that Catherine Coulter is one of my favourite authors. Any other books narrated by Ann Flosnick in the future will get a wide pass from me.

Twist of Heiress

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, it has so many different turns especially at the end

Who was your favorite character and why?

Marry, because of how she could always get out of trouble and her glib way she could tell others off

What does Anne Flosnik bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Her reflection each character

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Witch Gold

Any additional comments?

none

I do not recommand it

Boring ! I could not finish the book and ha to move to the last chapter ! my first and last book for this author!

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Title: A Surrendered Heart

Author: Tracie Peterson

Narrator: Barbara McCulloh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-05-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 51 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In A Surrendered Heart by award-winning authors Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller, 21-year-old Amanda Broadmoor doesn't want to abandon her mentor Dr. Carstead when cholera strikes Rochester, New York, in 1899. But after the Broadmoor fortune is mishandled, Amanda must sacrifice her lofty aspirations to rescue her family from ruin - even if it means marrying a man she can't stand.

©2009 Tracie Peterson & Judith Miller; (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic Reviews:

"The characters...come to life and stay with the reader long after the story ends...Faith is interwoven into each character in an understated manner." (Romantic Times)

"The writing styles of Ms. Peterson and Ms. Miller remind me of the Anne of Green Gables stories that I loved." (Romance Designs)

Members Reviews:

Poorly written

I have listened to the entire series. The main character from first book drags out into all three books before her story has a good ending. The material in this last book was poorly written, and very unbelievable. I won't mention the details, as I don't want to spoil the story line for anyone who still might want to get it. Although this narrator does a good job, it was very disappointing that the same narrator that did the first two did not narrate this one.

Wish the same reader had been used throughout

Did Barbara McCulloh do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

I don't think she was nearly as good as the reader of the first two books. And it stunted the story to change it 2/3 of the way through the series. I'd become used to the "voices" of the various characters and then it all changed.

Love the story!

The story line was wonderful but I was really disappointed that the narrator changed from the previous 2 books. I've heard Barbara McCulloh reading other books & she's done a good job but I had a hard time distinguishing between the characters this time. But I still recommend this book.

Boring Awful Read

Don't bother reading this book, the characters are boring and the storyline is dreadful.The narrator also uses the same voice for almost all of her characters and slips in and out of character.

Religious Undertones

There are religious undertones to this book that I wasn't expecting. I did take into account the time period and understand that nearly everyone during that time period would have been religious, or at least brought up to believe in the church. However, it wasn't what I expected and took me away from the story from time to time. It started out a bit slow, but the dilemma of the situation did keep me listening.

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Title: Merely the Groom

Author: Rebecca Hagan Lee

Narrator: Virginia Leishman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 100 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Barely a Bride introduced the wealthy bachelors of the Free Fellows League. In this second novel of the series, Colin McElreath, Viscount Grantham, is being forced into a marriage - one intended to protect the League and the Viscount's good name.

Members Reviews:

Great Book, Great Narrator, Poor Sound Editing

I greatly enjoyed this book. I have listened to several narrated by Virginia Leishman and have found her to be talented and greatly added to the telling of the tale. The characters are likable, relatable, and I found myself sad to hear the story end. The love scenes are steamy without being over the top. The only negative thing I will say is that it seems to have been poorly editied. You can hear too much of the narrator's breaths, sighs, teeth clicking, etc. But this seems to be unique to this series of novels. I have heard this narrator perform several other audiobooks and this was not an issue. If you can get over that, you will have a lovely story to enjoy.

UNBELIEAVLE RIDICULOUS STORYLINE!!

Would you try another book from Rebecca Hagan Lee and/or Virginia Leishman?

Not Sure

Has Merely the Groom turned you off from other books in this genre?

The storyline is ridiculous and unbelievable

Have you listened to any of Virginia Leishmans other performances before? How does this one compare?

The same. Her performance was good!1

What character would you cut from Merely the Groom?

Gillian Davies the heroine!!

Any additional comments?

Merely the Groom is the most Ridiculous, Unbelievable story I have ever read!! I loved bk1 Barely a Bride and gave it 5 stars. But this story is a absolute Disappointment!! After BAB bk1 I was hoping Colin Viscount Grantham would marry a women like Alyssa in bk1. Instead he marries the stupidest women I think I have ever read. The story is not believable. The author Ms. Lee would have readers believe that a Viscount heir to an Earldom would marry a women who eloped to Gretna Green with another man she barely knew. Gave up her Maiden Head/Virginity to a man she thought was her husband, but not. He steals her jewels and money and leaves her stranded with nothing in a cheap dockside Inn the Blue Bottle were all sorts of unsavory men stay. On top of that Gillian my be pregnant by this Bigamist. The Bigamist husband also is asking Gillian's father the very rich but recent lowly titled merchant for 50 thousand pound ransom. Come On this is unbelievable!!

I really love Colin in bk 1 and wanted to see so much more for him. His father the Earl has gambled away there fortune and all Colin will inherit is a title and a mountain of debt. So he goes along with Baron Davies, Gillian's father scheme and marries her. No title as old as Colin's would jeopardize giving his title to a child that wasn't his blood heir. Colin had his friends and the Free Fellows. He also, was a spy at the war office. So he was not totally bankrupt. He had managed to invest an make some money. The story makes Colin look so weak and less of a man. Gillian is just and idiot and I could not recover any respect for her and what she had done!! So why would the author write such an unbelievable story? I think I will return this story. Not worth my money.

I Cannot Recommend Merely the Groom Sorry!!

Poorly Edited Narration

What disappointed you about Merely the Groom?

The constant breaths and lip smacking during the narration. I wanted to scream.

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Title: Most Unsuitable Man

Author: Jo Beverley

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 82 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In A Most Unsuitable Man, Damaris Myddleton has plenty of money - but she is looking for a husband with a title who will lead her into the welcoming arms of the aristocracy. Despite her quest for respectability, she keeps noticing her attraction to Mr. Octavius Fitzroger, a penniless man with no prospects who agrees to help Damaris find just the right spouse.

Members Reviews:

A Lady Needs a Hero

Wonderful story, good even development of the strength in the heroine. The reading was well done although I did not like the high pitched voice the author gave Rothgar. I realize that romance novels often have dangerous subplots but this one seemed a little overdone with family members trying to kill off both the heroine and hero. Loved the song - hence the name of the review

I did not skip parts though, as I have done in other novels.

More, please

Beverley's eighteenth-century novels are even better than those set in the Regency period. I wish more of them were available through Audible

really didn't like the heroine

Would you try another book from Jo Beverley and/or Jenny Sterlin?

I am not sure if I would try another book by the author, but the narrator was good.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

The ending was okay, but I didn't care about it, as the heroine turned me off. She was selfish, didn't think about a thing she said or who it could hurt and she came across as very needy. I kept checking the time remaining on the audio and was really surprised that I had 30 minutes left and still did not warm up to Damaris. This is a first for me to dislike a smart decisive heroine, but she was lacking in warmth and charm.

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

The performance was good. I think that this narrator is okay, but not in my top 5. I would never choose a book just because she was the narrator, unlike I do with some of my favourites.

What would have made this romance irresistible?

The character of the heroine needed a lot of development. She was aware that she let her mouth run away with her, but did nothing to try and change it. She did not act in a way that saved the people around her, from getting. hurt.

Toward the end, she makes a disparaging comment about the hero's sister Libby and how awful she looks. This is just after the sister told the hero that their older brother was coming to kill him. This may have been the cause of the sister's stress. The heroine is also very pushy and coupled with her wealth, makes her seem obnoxious.

Any additional comments?

This was a nice idea for a romance. Especially with the role reversal of the woman having influence, power and money. If the heroine was likeable, the listener would be cheering for her. This was a shame as it started out in a way that led me to believe there would be a moment of epiphany that would make me like the heroine, but it never came.

Very enjoyable.

Well worth a listen. One of my favorite authors; excellent narration. Exciting and romantic story. It helps if you have read/listened to previous books in the series.

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Title: Elsie's Womanhood

Subtitle: Book 4 in the Original Elsie Classics

Author: Martha Finley

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-07-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Four children - Elsie, Edward, Violet, and Harold - are born to Elsie and Edward, who experience the joys and heart-aches of parenthood.

Meanwhile, the country teeters on the brink of civil war. Mindful of the tragedies unfolding around her, Elsie is touched by the painful divisions brought on by the War between the States and the devastating loss of family and friends that accompanies it.

Critic Reviews:

"There has been almost no character in American juvenile fiction which has attained more widespread interest and affection than 'Elsie.'" (

Ladies Home Journal, 1893)

Members Reviews:

I loved it!

A sweet love story--I was so pleased with her choice of husband. There's much here to show that era in the American South, as well as the continuing illustration of loving family relationships and positive character traits such as generosity and a loving--though ethically strong--response to ugly attitudes in others. In subsequent books we find some happy outcomes of these seemingly impossible relationships.

A great addition to the Elsie series

The author gives the reader so much to ponder...family values, close family relationships, dealing positively with disagreeable family and non-family folks, etc. And over all is the knowledge that Father God works only in love and will see us through every difficulty and loss.

Delightfully old fashioned

I love these Elsie books both for their good values and charm. Yes, they are a bit out dated but still very entertaining to read. It's a great pleasure to watch Elsie grow from child to mother in these books and to see her faith grow as well. I highly recommend them.

Love these books

We live in a time when the majority of so called Christian fiction is truly a waste of any Christians time. Most modern fiction (though not all) that claims the name of Christ does dishonor to His holy character. They throw His name in a few times and voilà it's supposed to be Christian. Not so with Elsie series. The characters though imperfect point is to Christ and God's word is a regular conversation. Five stars for sure!

An old fashioned feast

I feel like I've been nourished when I read these Elsie Dinsmore books. This one was very exciting as it introduced the Ku Klux Klan into the narrative. Another wonderful story by Martha Findlay.

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Title: Cotillion

Author: Georgette Heyer

Narrator: Clare Wille

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-09

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 53 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Young Kitty Charing stands to inherit a vast fortune from her irascible great-uncle Matthew - provided she marries one of her cousins. Kitty is not wholly adverse to the plan, if the right nephew proposes. Unfortunately, Kitty has set her heart on Jack Westruther, a confirmed rake, who seems to have no inclination to marry her anytime soon. In an effort to make Jack jealous, and to see a little more of the world than her isolated life on her great-uncle's estate has afforded her, Kitty devises a plan. She convinces yet another of her cousins, the honorable Freddy Standen, to pretend to be engaged to her. Her plan would bring her to London on a visit to Freddy's family and (hopefully) render the elusive Mr. Westruther madly jealous. Thus begins Cotillion, arguably the funniest, most charming of Georgette Heyer's many delightful Regency romances.

Cotillion is here presented in Naxos AudioBooks style, with classical music enhancing the production. This is the first of two Heyer titles planned for 2009. Clare Wille was widely praised for her reading of Cranford.

Critic Reviews:

"My favourite historical novelist." (Margaret Drabble)

Members Reviews:

Competent but not brilliant

Firstly this is ABRIDGED, so you will miss many of your favourite lines eg "you have your own armour, do you not Frederick" "french Gabster!" etc. It is competently read, the reader does a good job with Freddy and Kitty, but is not as sure with some of the minor characters. I'd say pay the extra money and get the unabridged version. If your love Georgette Heyer, you will want every line.

An Abbreviated Cotillion

This abridged version covers the main plot lines and the narrator is good, but as a Georgette Heyer fan I was disappointed: some of my favorite passages were omitted. I will never buy an abridged book again.

Good performance but get the full version

I enjoyed Claire Willem's reading of Cotillion but the abridged version left so much of the comedic parts of the story! this is my favorite Heyer book because it was hilarious and Freddy is a gem but it doesn't show that too much in this version.

One of my favorites

One of my favorite Georgette Heyer books and the narration by Clare Wille was quite amazing. She did a wonderful job bringing all the characters to life.

Loved it

This was my first Heyer and it won't be my last I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish it had me smiling and I loved Freddy and Kitty is quite the matchmaker truly it was a joy

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Title: The Concubine

Author: Jade Lee

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-09

Publisher: Harlequin Books S.A.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 38 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Damn. Ji Yue is in big trouble.

Because Bo Tao is definitely very sexy....

And Ji Yue is about to discover that chastity is overrated....

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Title: The Search for Maggie Ward

Author: Andrew M. Greeley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Enter Andrea King, an 18-year-old war widow. Finding her irresistible, Keenan embarks on a love affair so passionate that it re-awakens him to life and to God. Then, just when life looks rosiest, Andrea disappears.

In searching for her, he uncovers her miserable past (and her real name, Maggie Ward) as an abused child and an abused wife. When he finally locates her, his quest focuses on winning the beautiful Maggie as his wife.

Members Reviews:

Quintessential Mystery cum History Lesson

During this expansive mystery you will be immersed in post WWII history that is so specific and will feel so real it will be as if you are living the tale. Classically Irish American (read Mid-Western) the dialogue is clever and engaging and, at times, uncomfortable. While transported back 60 years you will traverse United States geography and a range of humanity from admirable to obscene. A delightful book that is skillfully dramatized with very talented actors.

great story

I enjoyed the performance very much. A well written and read book. Will perchase this author again.

A love story filled with mystery.

If I write what I am thinking, it would rob the reader of the opportunity to embark upon a journey filled with twists and turns. Believe me, it is a trip you will want to take.

Not my favorite

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I am at a loss. I could not think of a single person I know who would enjoy it---

Would you ever listen to anything by Andrew M. Greeley again?

I am a big Greeley fan but this book was off the mark for me

How could the performance have been better?

The performance was okay --the story was off his normal genius