Kimberly

This is another installment all acted out in Half Moon Hollow, KY. Nola comes to retrieve some family heirlooms, meets Jed - yes Jed - and the HMH crew all chip in to help - sort of. The story was very creative, humorous, and the Molly Harper form of romantic. The title is a bit kitschy, but it fits. Amanda Ronconi does not do foreign accents BTW which would have made it better but does not REALLY affect the story. She seems to forget she is supposed to have an accent - sometimes there, sometimes not - and the sometimes there isn't all that.

Molly Harper is my go to author for good, light, humorous, paranormal characters, with romance. If you like Molly Harper, you will like this. If you have not experienced Molly Harper I would recommend starting with an earlier book so the accent issue isn't quite the distraction.

Worth the credit.

This should be listed under the Highland Pleasures series. I liked this because it brings many of the Mackenzies back. It is another damaged man that the woman is going to try to fix; though in Juliana's defense she didn't know he was so damaged. It had some interesting twists and turns, and the fact that Elliot actually EARNED his wealth was refreshing too. (I've listened to enough regency style books where wealth is just endowed upon these people, knowing full well...enough.) This also brought in some India into the highlands which was refreshing. All in all, it isn't the BEST of Jennifer Ashley's books, but completely enjoyable.

I recommend the use of a credit! I will listen to it again. (Some hot romance never hurts!)

I would change the fact that I didn't actually believe the reviews. The 'things' - not sure yet what they were supposed to be - were more than bizarre. Once they started investigating the building the story just descended. My taste is just not this genre.

Probably something by Molly Harper - I need a laugh.

He was consistent and a good actor, even when the story descended into something - well, not my idea of a good story.

Not for me.

Wasted credit but I got it with somewhat full disclosure.

I really enjoyed this book. I listened to it months ago and still remember it well. The story was a bit - just a bit - unbelievable, but would like it to be possible. I enjoyed the small town and excentric life mixed with the big city knowledge of the world. Small town, and big city criminals.

I will listen again, and probably again after that. I recommend.

I got very absorbed in this book. It was very sexy/hot; the characters were – for the most part – well developed and likeable. The narrator Paula Costello was excellent.

The story is about a young American woman x-pat that lives in Edinboro, Scotland after a tragic adolescence, and the people she meets and engages with. The author does not drag out all of the back stories but rather inserts and weaves them through the main story.

It is worth the credit!! If you like romance, all that means and so much more!

This installment was not as good as the others. I had a good news story, some good passion, and the predictable ending – like I buy these books for other reasons. I found that Eliza’s reticence annoying – after a while. I understood it earlier in the book but then things go along well and wham, she is back in her quivering bubble. I found myself fast forwarding through cajoling her out of the ‘attack’ of crippling shyness, then the next scene she is no so shy at all. I felt sorry for the losing suitor – there had to be one, and I really enjoyed the narrator, Bianca Amato. She did a superb job.

Not a bad listen all in all but I liked the other ones much better.

This book has been in and out of my wish list several times – and I still don’t know what drew me to it. Possibly that I know very little about the Iliad, the story is rated rather high, some of the listeners I follow really enjoyed it, and I was looking for something different. I am aware of the stories of Achilles; I had no idea Patroculus existed in the book.

I became very absorbed by this version of Achilles and that – after looking it up – it was suggested that they had an amorous relationship than was not taught in school AND it was alluded to. Anyway, it made it interesting.

I listened from beginning to end and really enjoyed it. The end was excellent. Achilles' son was just what Achilles' mother wanted Achilles to be and was not – and was horrible. What a lesson for her!! The YEARS they spent in the war with Troy was ridiculous. Achilles hiding as a woman to avoid the war was some comic relief – somewhat.

The narrator was great. If I were to read this I would have gotten over half of the names incorrect and still struggle with Patroculus.

It was just interesting, engaging, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you are looking for something different I recommend it. If you like Greek mythology, you will find this a different take on it - as other reviewers stated.

The Good House and Hildy were captivating from the very beginning. The story is so real it could have been; and told by the narrator Mary Beth Hurt completely appealing. There are many reviews of this story so I’ll give you my impressions instead of trying to not tell what happens.

Hildy’s ex-husband is wonderful and the circumstances are sad. Her daughters are so very typical, judgmental, and perfectly willing to be co-dependents in their own rights while pointing fingers. The small New England town could have been anywhere, but what a charming location! School friends, histories of each other, new acquaintances, and all the ‘fun’ they all have/had, consequences of choices, realization of what must be done, loneliness, alcoholism, co-dependence, all in all a great read.

It is worth the credit, I will listen again – just in case I missed something.

I love this book!

I have not read a book quite like this - until now. This is a different kind of character driven story. The damaged and not so damaged main characters are captivating. Arthur could be real, we have all heard about the person who a crane and demolition crew was needed to get them out of the house (Arthur was not there yet). How does that happen? He is in need of being needed and wanted; to care for someone and to be cared for. The narrator for Arthur provided a distinguished and compassionate voice that helps you want to know him. (There are two narrators and I’m not certain who is who.) His life is revealed little by little - painful - and not so painful – making him the recluse he becomes.

Kel is a nearly grown boy/man who has much too much responsibility foist upon him. He makes decisions and has reactions that are surprising and not so surprising. His journey to fit in (poor kid in a wealthy neighborhood’s high school) was admirable, strong, and filled with insecurity and want. He is a stand out athlete which helped a lot, but the underlying insecurities can be identified by most of us (most of us were not ‘it’ people in high school).

Mostly this is a story about how people find and make family. For Arthur it was usually people who wandered into his life by accident, for Kel it was from people he knew in his past, present, and hopefully future who know him, want to know him, and know how to help and can see a future for him.

It is about the need to be a loved son, the need to be needed, the burden of being needed too much, and the need to care and be cared for.

I highly recommend this book – it is worth a credit and I will listen again. I wanted at least one more chapter.

No - not really. There were some good sections but over all it was not time well-spent.

Not at all surprising. You can tell how it will end less than half way through the book.

No.