Red Dirt Heart

Red Dirt, Book 1

De: N.R. Walker

Narrado por: Joel Leslie

Welcome to Sutton Station: one of the world's largest working farms in the middle of Australia - where if the animals and heat don't kill you first, your heart just might.

Charlie Sutton runs Sutton Station the only way he knows how: the way his father did before him. Determined to keep his head down and his heart in check, Charlie swears the red dirt that surrounds him - isolates him - runs through his veins.

American agronomy student Travis Craig arrives at Sutton Station to see how farmers make a living from one of the harshest environments on earth. But it's not the barren, brutal, and totally beautiful landscapes that capture him so completely.

It's the man with the red dirt heart.

©2014 NR Walker (P)2016 NR Walker

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You know what I love most about this story? Even though it's short, it manages to make me laugh, sigh, cry a little, fan myself, and feel all the fluffy feels.

Charlie has been resigning himself to being alone for a long time; his father's harsh words being a constant companion since taking over the station after his dad's death years ago. But Travis breaks through all his walls and barriers and steals Charlie's heart...one nose nudge at a time.

And damn if it doesn't make *me* melt every time.

Joel Leslie does a fantastic job bringing these characters to life. He sounds authentically Aussie and Texan, brings depth and nuance to the story, and displays every emotion beautifully.

Kudos sir, I can't wait to hear Book 2!

A lonely life for Charlie Sutton

Charlie runs Sutton Station in the middle of Australia. He works hard and keeps his head down hiding his true feelings; In comes American agronomy student to spend a month at Sutton Station, Can Charlie allow himself to find love? I enjoyed every aspect of this audiobook, characters, story, and narration. Joel Leslie's Australian accent made his storytelling perfect.

perfection

this is the 4th, yes 4th time I am listening to the Red Dirt series. The story of Charlie and Travis just makes you feel good. There is happiness, hope, laughter and tears brought together by the great story written by Nr Walker and the exceptional narration by Joel Leslie. get your xtra credits now because you won't be able to stop at book one.

Fantastic!

This was my first audio book. I loved it when I read this story the last 3 times and loved listening to it too! Can never get enough of Charlie and Travis! I look forward to listening to book 2!

Enjoyable! - narration from the Aussie perspective

This is my first book by N.R. Walker. I quite enjoyed it, despite the obvious American editing. NO N.T. station owner is going to measure things in feet or yards. It'd be kilometres if they're being formal, klicks or k's if they're not. Stations are measured in hectares not acres. I'm also not sure about how it went from being a sheep to a cattle station. For starters they don't have sheep stations out in the middle of the NT. They are usually closer to the the coast. People don't go to college either. They go to uni but oh well! Anyway aside from obvious American editing I quite enjoyed the book.
The narration was interesting. While I enjoyed his voice this narrator tends to start his Aussie accents somewhat wobbly before he gets his stride. If you can ignore the obvious miss-pronunciation of a few words (e.g. verandah) then it's not too bad. It's just a pity he makes a 25 year old from the N.T. Sound like a 50 year old from the east coast. At one point he even seems to drift to a kiwi accent (perhaps that's where the sheep come in 😉)