Bless Your Heart

Fairy Tales of a Trailer Park Queen, Book 1

De: Kimbra Swain

Narrado por: Keira Stevens

Scorned by her family. Banished by her kind. Hunted by zealots.

Where does an exiled Fairy Queen hide?

A remote mountain cabin, the seedy underbelly of a metropolis, or an uninhabited island. All would be good choices, however, after hundreds of years on the run, the daughter of Oberon, King of the Wild Fairies, signs a binding contract with the zealots that hunt her. In exchange, they allow her to settle down in the last place anyone would look for fairy royalty.

Adopting the name Grace Ann Bryant, the Queen buys a double-wide and moves into a trailer park in the one-horse town of Shady Grove, Alabama. Her contract requires her to lend aid to the local sheriff, Dylan Riggs, when supernatural problems arise.

But when two children go missing, the humans point to the trailer park queen helping the sheriff, and the zealots point at the exiled fairy. Grace must decide whether to fight for her innocence or break her contract returning to life on the run.

Bless Your Heart is a southern urban fantasy that will make you laugh, cry, and laugh until you cry, as Grace wrestles with the dark fairy inside herself and starts to see that she’s more than just trailer trash.

©2017 Leslie Young (P)2019 Leslie Young

I really liked this!

Kimbra Swain puts a new spin on paranormal! Grace is a fairy queen... who lives in a small town in the south...in a trailer park. She has spent her time there helping the sheriff, whom she falls for but won’t let herself have because he’s human and she doesn’t want to hurt him.

When things start to happen in the small town, she works harder to find a killer... lots of things happen and she finds out not all is as it seems. Can she live with what has happened? Can she make things better or should she leave?

I really enjoyed this! Kiera Stevens was excellent with the narration of this story!!

no spoilers

I received this book for free for a honest review. I loved Grace. I felt her emotions and that she could me one of my peoples. ha ha. the storyline was well written and held together. the author did not disappoint! the characters were brought to life. highly reccomend

Sweet, Sexy & Southern

Okay, I take great offense to that one negative review based on promiscuity. Blacklist? Really?!? This was so tame, hardly ANYTHING happened besides a few kisses. Then the only steamy scene was of a fond memory. Also, this is the first time I've listened to Keira Stevens without a British accent (loved her work for Rina Kent's "Royal Elite" series). She does a good job with the Southern accent (though I'm curious, do they really say *v-hickle*?).

As for the story, Levi completely stole my heart; same goes for Winnie. If only Grace would have went for him instead... (That's the reason why I docked a star. That, and I absolutely hated Amanda. :P) Overall, I would definitely listen to the next book. Fifteen in all in this series, lawdy I hope they'll all be released as audiobooks too. #AudiobookObsessionReviewer

Fairies & the deep south, what's not to love?!

It's such an odd and unexpected combination - a Fae queen who lives in a trailer park and speaks with a thick southern drawl? But it just... works, somehow. Such a fun book that will make you question everything you think you know! #AudiobookObsession #AuralFixation

Fun, funny, and heartwarming

I really love Urban Fantasy. I also love comedy. When the two can meld, I find my happy place. Ive been hearing about these books for a while, but I'd put them off because they weren't in audio. My tbr list for books I actually have the time or inclination to read is astronomical. I have lots of time to listen, though, and most of that time is filled with the neverending chores of living in a house with a workaholic and two teenagers. The humor and fantasy helps me cope. This book hooked me so hard, I didn't even pause to review before I had book two downloaded! I literally JUST finished book two. I love the characters and the story. I love the narrator. This series found me at a perfect place in my life, and I'm gonna stop here and tell the world before I start book three. Highly recommend, even to my dad, because the sex isn't too explicit.

must read

if you are into fantasy or not this is a fun read. you will love the characters and the humour as well as the tastefully done romance.

outstanding!

The narrator is perfect. Having already read the book, I knew what was going to happen; however the narrator brings the story to life. Fairy folk, love, loss, family & good old southern life from the food, manners, colloquialisms, & trailer park highjinx are found in every chapter. If you like urban fantasy mixed with fairy tales and comedy this is the book for you. Highly recommend!

Everything you need in a paranormal book

This book has a bit of everything! Witches, werewolf’s, fairies and lots more. It has a magical storyline with brutal honesty. Very enjoyable. Keira gives a great performance.
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Addictive, entertaining, and wonderfully Southern

This great new urban fantasy quickly got me hooked, and I couldn’t stop listening. It kept me very entertained with its sassy fairy heroine, authentic Southern atmosphere, a cast of colorful characters, and a twisty plot. Although there are some brief, really gritty parts (i.e., two murders of children and a neighbor on drugs), the humor, goofiness, and sweetness were more predominant. The story gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling, and I can’t wait to listen to the second book (“Tinsel in a Tangle”). I would call this a romantic urban fantasy, because Grace’s relationship with a man is a central part of the story. The book includes some cussing (I liked the frequency of it), a lot of flirting, and a small number of lightly graphic love scenes.

I am from the South, and I could tell that the author is Southern, too. She is from Alabama where this small-town urban fantasy is set. She accurately portrayed the Southern culture, people, slang, cuisine, and landscape. I recommend this book to fans of Molly Harper, fairies, Karen Marie Moning, and/or quirky urban fantasies.

The writing is not quite perfect, but the author Kimbra Swain did a wonderful job of world-building and character development. The townsfolk are all distinctive people. My initial small complaint is that the writer says "he said" and "she said" too much during paragraphs of dialogue, but the narrator tried to downplay it. I hope that the writer does a little restructuring of dialogue in future books, but I got used to it in this one. I also had a few questions about possible tiny inconsistencies in the plot resolution, but perhaps they can be explained away in future books. Regardless, I loved the audiobook.

The narrator Keira Stevens elevated the story to a higher level with a wonderful performance. Keira’s voice was pleasing to my ears, and her Southern accents were perfect. She made all the characters sound distinctive, and she had marvelous pacing, especially during action scenes.

I requested and received a free audiobook copy via #AudiobookObsession, and I voluntarily wrote this honest review.
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Fun Fae read!

This book was so much fun! Grace was funny and sweet and had the biggest heart.. she just also happened to be a royal fae. Then we had Levi, who was magnificent. He was one of the best sidekicks ever! Dillon was an okay love interest. We didn’t really get a lot of him. So it’s hard to judge. Overall this book was great.

The narration was good. I suggest listening to a sample before buying. She has a very think southern accent, which fits the book perfectly but I can see how it would annoy some.

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