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Julie

Lumpkin, GA, United States

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  • The Duke's Perfect Wife: Highland Pleasures, Book 4

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 7 mins)
    • By Jennifer Ashley
    • Narrated By Angela Dawe
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (291)
    Performance
    (268)
    Story
    (267)

    Lady Eleanor Ramsay is the only one who knows the truth about Hart Mackenzie. Once his fiancée, she is the sole woman to whom he could ever pour out his heart. Hart has it all - a dukedom, wealth, power, influence, whatever he desires. Every woman wants him - his seductive skills are legendary. But Hart has sacrificed much to keep his brothers safe, first from their brutal father, and then from the world. He's also suffered loss: his wife, his infant son, and the woman he loved with all his heart, though he realized it too late.

    CAROLYN says: "FIVE STARS - FOUR WORDS - I NEED MORE PLEASE !!!"
    "Hoping there is another story in this series"
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    I just love the Mackenzies. Again I think Angela Dawe has the perfect narration for 1880s England/Scotland. Harts story did not disappoint and I hope Ms Ashley continues on with Daniels story and Mr Fellows story. I started this series only because the first book sounded unusual, I don't regret it and each story has been equally good. These people have depth and soul.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Whiskey Beach

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 24 mins)
    • By Nora Roberts
    • Narrated By Peter Berkrot
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (304)
    Performance
    (264)
    Story
    (260)

    For more than 300 years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore - and its secrets. But to Eli Landon, it’s home.… A Boston lawyer, Eli has weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police investigations after being accused of - but never arrested for - the murder of his soon-to-be-ex wife. He finds sanctuary at Bluff House, even though his beloved grandmother is in Boston recuperating from a nasty fall. Abra Walsh is always there, though.

    Lauren says: "Usually love Nora, but this one is a dud"
    "Even the best have off days !!!"
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    Nora Roberts is one of the best in the business and I never hesitate to purchase anything she puts out. I usually listen to her books in one or two sittings. I have to be honest I can't get through this one. I keep going back to it thnking it will get better but I just can't do it. Still love ya NR but this one was just ho hum to the bone. I didn't like Eli and Abra seemed to be a very weak copy of a character from another of NR's stories. Narrator was ok but not for this material, his female voices fail big time. I agree with one of the other reviewers, try the Witness or The Search for stand alone novels. She also has several good trioligies and sagas, my personal favorites are In The Garden and Chesapeake Bay. If you are a first timer with Nora please don't dispair go grab one of the suggested to get the real feel for her work. It just goes to show even the best have off days!!

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • It Had to Be You

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 35 mins)
    • By Susan Elizabeth Phillips
    • Narrated By Anna Fields
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1031)
    Performance
    (433)
    Story
    (431)

    It's Dan Calebow's worst nightmare: Phoebe Somerville, a trendy New York knockout, inherits the Chicago Stars, the football team he coaches. And she wants to help him run it. Phoebe's sure he needs her. He's a sexist good-ol'-boy jock with a one-track mind. Surely she can straighten him out.

    bluebelle says: "Classic Susan Elizabeth Philips"
    "Great lazy afternoon story."
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    I felt like I was back in the era of the 80s paperback romance novel. It was an ok story but predictable, with ok characters that were predictable, with a sweet ending that was, yup, predictable.Nothing really exciting or exceptional about this one. That being said I am not sorry I listened to it and may find a lazy afternoon where I don't want to concentrate to hard and will listen again, maybe. Anna Fields did a respectable job narrating.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Driving Mr. Dead

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 2 mins)
    • By Molly Harper
    • Narrated By Amanda Ronconi
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2343)
    Performance
    (2117)
    Story
    (2122)

    Miranda Puckett has failed at every job she’s ever had. Her mother just wants her to come home, join the family law firm, and settle down with Jason, the perfect lawyer boyfriend. But when Jason turns out to be a lying cheater, Miranda seizes on a job that gets her out of town: long-distance vampire transportation. Her first assignment is to drive vampire Collin Sutherland from Washington to sleepy Half Moon Hollow without incident—no small feat for a woman whom trouble seems to follow like a faithful hound dog!

    Denise says: "Molly Harper can't write fast enough for me!!!!"
    "Loved this, Very funny"
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    I will definately be listening to more from Molly Harper. This was a fast paced, funny, all around great story. The characters were rich and quick witted. The banter between the two was lively, I laughed out loud. I originally found Ms Harper with the free selection at valentines The Undead in My Bed and loved it so much I went looking for more. Amanda Ronconi was fantastic.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Calculated in Death: In Death Series, Book 36

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By J. D. Robb
    • Narrated By Susan Ericksen
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (706)
    Performance
    (618)
    Story
    (619)

    On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a woman lies dead at the bottom of a brownstone’s basement steps, stripped of all her valuables. Most cops might call it a mugging gone wrong, but Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows better. A well-off accountant and a beloved wife and mother, Marta Dickenson doesn’t seem the type to be on anyone’s hit list. But when Eve and her partner, Peabody, find blood inside the brownstone, she knows Marta’s murder is the work of a killer who’s trained, yet not professional or smart enough to remove all the evidence.

    Janet says: "Loved it!"
    "I love Eve and Roarke"
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    I love all of the characters the are so integral to the stories of the In Death series that Ms Roberts could write about "a week in the lives" type story and I would still love it. Great as always and again as always no one could ever, ever replace Susan Ericksen as narrator.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • On Dublin Street

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 48 mins)
    • By Samantha Young
    • Narrated By Paula Costello
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (456)
    Performance
    (428)
    Story
    (430)

    Jocelyn Butler has been hiding from her past for years. But all her secrets are about to be laid bare.... Four years ago, Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working well - until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core.

    bluebelle says: "Great sex AND great story!!"
    "Great book, well written..Loved the narrator"
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    I was pleasantly surprised with this story. I really liked all of the characters in this book. I didn't feel Joss was a drama queen, lots of issues WOW yes, but if she had issues so did Braden, can we say a wee bit over bearing!! That being said I loved them both, how do we know the raction or issues of any peson with great tragedies in their very young lives. All of the characters in this story were great. At first I thought wow soooo much emphasis on sex (now can we also say STEAMY) in their relationship but then I reminded myself about their age and thought way back and said, yup I remember that LOL. I will definately listen to this one again and again. Now about the narration, WOW Paula Costello just became one of my favorites. I hope we hear more from her, she was absolutely great with accents . I am looking forward to the next book Down London Road and really hope Costello is narrator

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • In the Woods

    • UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 23 mins)
    • By Tana French
    • Narrated By Steven Crossley
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (3573)
    Performance
    (1730)
    Story
    (1726)

    As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children, unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.

    Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a 12-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery.

    Lesley says: "Detection with a Difference"
    "Not what I expected but could not quit listening"
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    I am not sure how to rate this book actually. To me I guess it depends on what you are looking for in " a good read". Everyone looks for something different I think at different times. This book was long, wordy, felt painful at the end to me for unfinshed business, unfair but all to real on who gets punished and who does not, and last but not least mixed emotions about the protagonist. I felt empathy for what he went thru and at other times a hardy dislike for him. This may seem a litttle disjointed but I am tring to avoid any spoilers.
    Now that being said I liked the way the author writes this sory, slow, methodical, sometimes it even seemed ploding along, but it was right for this book. The story line itself kept me listening well into the night or just a few minutes more in the driveway. The characters were great, I liked the narrator, I couldn't figure out why the Irsh didn't sound Irsh?? a little disappointing, but I would listen to him again.
    Now back to what are you looking for in a book, well for me whether it is to pass the time or want to be scared to death or feel warm and fuzzy, I want a book to leave me with something. I don't want to put it down and have a hard time remembering what the title even was. This book left me edgy, with an unexplainable uneasy feeling in my chest for a while after I finished it. I will definitely go get the next one in this series.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Wild Card

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Lora Leigh
    • Narrated By Clarissa Knightly
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (286)
    Performance
    (255)
    Story
    (256)

    It was supposed to be simple. All Navy SEAL Nathan Malone had to do was rescue three young girls from a Colombian drug cartel, then allow himself to be captured just long enough to draw out a government spy. That was before his mission went disastrously wrong… and before his wife, Bella, was told that Nathan was never coming home. Bella’s mourned her husband’s death for three long years, having no idea that he was still alive....

    CAROLYN says: "15 HOURS OF PURE PLEASURE"
    "Personal Favorite from the Elite Opps"
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    I was so glad to see this come to audio. I love Lora Leigh and this was my fav of the Elite Opps series. I do hope they bring out the rest of the series. I was a little disappointed in the narration, not that she is a bad or hard to listen to narrater, but I felt she was wrong for this material. I was hoping for a stronger performance in Noah/Nathan which I felt she fell short on. Over all I would listen to this again. I also hope thtey bring out the whole Breed series as well as the Nauti series.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Never Seduce a Scot: Montgomerys and Armstrongs, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 10 mins)
    • By Maya Banks
    • Narrated By Kirsten Potter
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (758)
    Performance
    (679)
    Story
    (685)

    Eveline Armstrong is fiercely loved and protected by her powerful clan, but outsiders consider her "touched." Beautiful, fey, with a level, intent gaze, she doesn't speak. No one, not even her family, knows that she cannot hear. Content with her life of seclusion, Eveline has taught herself to read lips and allows the outside world to view her as daft. But when an arranged marriage into a rival clan makes Graeme Montgomery her husband, Eveline accepts her duty -unprepared for the delights to come.

    CAROLYN says: "OMG - NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A GREAT LISTEN"
    "Not Just ANOTHER Highlander Romance - Great Book"
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    I think the title is a little miss leading because this story is really about falling in love not a seduction. Saying that I think this is by far my Favorite Maya Banks story yet. I am not one to wirte reviews with spoilers and I DO NOT recap the whole story, but I will say there are some interesting twists to make this special. I loved the charaters, they had depth, and honor and feelings. Kudos to Maya for making what could have been another "ho hum highlander" romance into something so much more. Kristen Potter is always great. Can't wait for the rest in this series.

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • Kissing Under the Mistletoe: A St. Helena Vineyard Novel, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By Marina Adair
    • Narrated By Renee Raudman
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (55)
    Performance
    (50)
    Story
    (50)

    Regan Martin stopped believing in Christmas miracles the day she discovered her fiancé was already married. The fallout cost her everything - her career, her home, and her impeccable reputation in the wine industry. But now she has a second chance with a dream job in the Napa Valley, and a cozy cottage for her and her daughter, whose one Christmas wish is for a forever home. But those hopes are threatened when Gabe DeLuca, the scorned wife’s brother, tries to drive Regan out of town - even if he can’t seem to drive the luscious beauty from his thoughts.

    Maria says: "Mixed Feelings on this One!"
    "Enjoyable Rainy Afternoon Story"
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    This was a very enjoyable story and I always like Renee Raudmans narrations. I lots of times I find books by looking for a fav narrater rather then an author. This story had a good plot and enjoyable characters. It is a great curl up and relax book not a I can't put this down kind. Well worth the credit and one I will listen to again.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Perfect Hope: Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy, Book 3

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Nora Roberts
    • Narrated By MacLeod Andrews
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1026)
    Performance
    (894)
    Story
    (893)

    Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out - with a tough-as-nails outside and possibly nothing too soft underneath. He’s surly and unsociable, but when he straps on a tool belt, no woman can resist his sexy swagger. Except, apparently, Hope Beaumont, the innkeeper of his own Inn BoonsBoro.... As the former manager of a D.C. hotel, Hope is used to excitement and glamour, but that doesn’t mean she can’t appreciate the joys of small-town living. She’s where she wants to be - except for in her love life....

    L.W. says: "NR Thank you....wonderful listen"
    "Enjoyed this series very much"
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    Nora has done it yet again. I truly enjoyed this triology, even more after I went on line and found the real B&B and had a look at the rooms!! Wesley&Buttercup is just enchanting. I had high hopes, no pun intended, for this last entery because Ryder was my fav brother. He reminded me a little of Simon from Search yum yum. I was not disappointed. Then of course I rarely am with Nora. MacLeod Andrews is one of my favorite male narraters, I find male narraters harder to listen to at times but M. Andrews does a superb job and is easy and smooth.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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