Dawn's Promise

Silent Wings Series, Book 1

By: A. W. Exley

Narrated by: Mary Sarah

A heart prepared to die that has never lived or loved...

Born with fragile health, Dawn Uxbridge has lived a sheltered existence. Her lonely days are filled by drawing fanciful landscapes and nurturing plants. When tragedy strikes, she finds herself alone and penniless with only one talent - a green thumb.

Jasper, the Earl of Seton, is in need of a gardener to reclaim his derelict estate in the remote west of England. He expected a robust commoner, not a fragile young woman.

With the next train a week away, Dawn has one chance to change the earl's mind and earn her place. But all is not as it seems at the ancestral manor. The estate is full of secrets. Ravens cluster on the parapets, and a ghostly young woman cries out at night. This garden conceals a rotten heart, and it plans to squeeze the last beat from Dawn's....

Contains mature themes.

©2017 A. W. Exley (P)2018 Tantor

Gardening or nature lovers dream story.

Great story wonderful reader, relaxing yet exciting. Not the best character development though if I had to critique.

Enjoyable and recommended

If you are like me and not a big fan of characters with magical powers, you may be as pleasantly surprised as I was by Dawn’s Promise. The story is well written and beautifully read. As a gardener, I loved that the garden was essential to Dawn’s own ordeal and growth. I look forward to listening to the next book in the series very soon.

more than I expected

this book was more than I expected it would be. I was thinking just a regency romance but the twists and gave me goosebumps.

Non English Narrator is gearing

As an English person, the narrator’s attempt at an upper class English accent is extremely grating. She almost has it, but just not quite. I find myself not being able to follow the story, because the errors in her pronunciation are driving me insane!!

Mary Sarah is my favorite narrator!

Wonderful thoughtful story! Please keep using Mary Sarah as your narrator!!! She has the BEST male voices! I look for all her books!!!!