A Discarded Pearl

A Marsden Romance, Book 5

By: Dawn Brower

Narrated by: Kristina Hale

Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's Summary

Pearla Montgomery is nursing a broken heart. She was set to marry the Duke of Huntly, only to have her wedding halted before they finished saying their I do's. Her intended's presumed dead wife interrupted the nuptials. In order to get away from the scandal, she flees London. She meets a man that she could possibly give her heart to, but is afraid of letting anyone in. Running away starts to become a habit she can't break.

Damian, Conte Leone falls in love with Pearla the moment he meets her. Even if they met under the worst circumstances. Unfortunately for him, he is the brother of the woman who interrupted Pearla's wedding. A little detail the love of his life can't seem to forget. Even if he has to chase her to the end of the world and back, he will not give up on her. Damian sets out to win her heart and nothing will stand in his way.

They have many obstacles to overcome, but the biggest is Pearla's own fears. Can Damian convince her to let him into her heart and trust he will keep it safe always?

©2016 Dawn Brower (P)2017 Dawn Brower

Just as good as the last one in this series

Any additional comments?

As the last book left off with Pearla finding out at the altar that her soon be husbands wife has come back from the dead. Needless to say the wedding did not go through leaving Pearla heartbroken and wanting to get out of town as fast as she can. She isn’t thinking to clearly and takes up the first man who offered a fast getting away on his ship. Everything is going well until they lock her in a cabin and she can’t get out. To her surprises someone else is thrown in the cabin with her, a man, what is she to do? It seems there are evil plans in store for her but of what kind and what can she do?

Ms. Hale’s narration is wonderful she has a lovely accent that really pulls you in. Her male and female voices are lovely, you always know who is talking and just what they are feeling. There are no repeats of words, no background noise or any volume changes. She gives a very thrilling narration right down to the fear and a heart that has been broken before. She puts a lot of emotion into the characters you have no trouble seeing the scenes in your mind as it holds you attention. I thought her performance was wonderful. She really brings the story to life. I haven’t listened to any of her other work and do look forward to listening to more.

The author brings and exciting story to life just as exciting as the story before. You do get to visit with past characters and see how they are doing. I enjoyed how this played out danger, excitement, love and fear with a little humor that makes you laugh. I think with what Pearla knew of Damian she should have known not to believe what was said. I loved the baiting between these two, their fights were very interesting. The ending was exciting I never saw the ex doing what she did. I was glad to see the outcome of the ones that took Pearla they sure did have some nasty plans for these two. I really felt so sad for Pearla in the last book and even sadder for her in this one. Damian is such a play boy it was nice to see him on his knees. He did change his mind really fast, one minute he doesn’t want a wife and the next he is all for it. I thought this was a very exciting story that really held your attention from the first page until the last.

Romance, Adventure, and a second chance!

This is the first book by Dawn Bower that I have listened to. What a book! It is well a well written historical romance that brings so much to the imagination. I thought the narrator did a fantastic job with the various characters. I enjoyed the story with the unexpected twists. This book is part of a series and yet a standalone listen. I will definitely look for more books by this author and narrator. My review is not a synopsis of the book, but rather my opinion of it. I leave it up to the professionals to write the synopsis as they are much more eloquent. I was given this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I liked it.

A Discarded Pearl
A Marsden Romance, Book 5

By: Dawn Brower
Narrated by: Kristina Hale
Series: A Marsden Romance, Book 5
Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins


I listened to this book at 1.60x

Gemma won't open her heart to him, until he loved her.

This was a good ez listen.

To tell the truth this is the first Historical fiction seriers that I have listened too. AND my first time listening to Author DAWN BROWER.

Not sure if its really for me, but I am going to listen to the rest of the series.

If you like Historical fiction you'll probably like it. I just have to listen to more to find out if its really for me.

At speed 1.60x the vocal artist did a really good job.

Employable story

I loved all the books in this series. Highly recommend all of them. Great characters, good story lines and enjoyed the narration.

great

well written the characters are deep and well created.
the plot is good and lot of evil characters. who is to trust and who is a friend.

highly recommended!

i loved every bit of this book! i cannot get enough of it! i would highly recommend this book! A truly marvelous love story!