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Bloodlines: Cove Point Manor

By: William B. Taylor
Narrated by: Bill Nevitt
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Alex Tinsdill never thought a simple DNA test would lead to a $250 million inheritance and Cove Point Manor, a massive estate built during the Gilded Age on the Gold Coast of Long Island, New York.

Alex's inheritance doesn't come without a cost however, as two greedy relatives soon show up, determined to separate Alex from his new found riches. Cove Point Manor has a dark past, and a sinister secret which is about to be revealed!

Bloodlines: Cove Point Manor is a fast-paced book that mixes the supernatural with just the right amount of dark humor.

©2017 William B. Taylor (P)2018 William B. Taylor

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A disappointment

Alex Tinsdill takes a Y-chromosome DNA test, hoping to learn more about his paternal family prior to his great-grandparents. Not long after uploading his results, he's contacted by a New York City lawyer, telling him he is the long-sought heir to a fortune and a large estate on Long Island.

With little to hold him in Toronto, he figures it can't hurt to go to New York and check this out. Having learned the truth about his ancestry--his great-grandparents made creative use of the truth, though what they said certainly wasn't all lies--he goes to Long Island to see his new property. There he meets Maggie, the property manager who has maintained the property for years, having inherited the job from her father and grandfather.

The counterpoint to how good things are looking with his new property, new wealth, and new friend Maggie, are old family "friends," Brenda and her daughter, Connie. Brenda is the sister of an actual good friend of his now-deceased mother. That sister is also deceased, but Brenda and Connie still expect Alex to handle all their problems for them, including providing money when needed. When they figure out he's inherited a fortune in the US, they can't get from Toronto to Long Island fast enough.

I wanted to like this book. I really did. It has potential. Alex, Maggie, the New York lawyer Julia Wentworth, and others, are quite likable, interesting, and real.

Brenda and Connie, on the other hand, are stereotypes of the "poverty is result of bad character" variety. You can't like them; they are actually bad people. Yet I kept wanting to say, no, wait, you can't be serious...

The plotting is perfectly decent, and the characters we're supposed to like are decently written. Even the cheap targets, Brenda and Connie, are written well-enough that you can't just say, the wrong people have been labeled the villains.

And yet.

None of these people speak normally. There never use contractions. None of them. Ever. No one says "I can't." They always say "I cannot." They say "I will," not "I'll." And that's just the simplest thing to point out. All through, the language is too correct, too clear, no normal contractions or elisions or sloppy, casual phrasing. What individuality the characters have in their speech is entirely due to the narrator, who infuses them with emotion and personality.

And yet.

The narrator is a benefit, but not an unmixed blessing. He speaks with such precision that he misses the chance to subtly lessen the effects of the writer's placing unnaturally correct speech in the mouths of his characters. He's so precise it's distracting.

Overall, not recommended.

I received a free copy of this audiobook from the narrator.

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A worthwhile Book.

With a good Narrator this well written story will hold your attention the variety of characters will
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The story is not the most original but the Audio Book is entertaining and a good use of your time.



This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

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Enjoyable!

This book was very entertaining. It wasn't ultra suspenseful or mysterious but had me stitches from laughter. Alex an everyday guy with a decent job inherits a mansion with a dark past. Two women, unrelated to him, yet are attached to him track him down when he leaves town to check out his inheritance. That's where the humor comes in. Everything that could happen to those two women does and more.

No one is ever alone in the mansion. While there he meets a young lady whom has an interest in the grounds as her family has attended to the place for generations. Alex and the woman grow fond of each other becoming pretty good friends. The whole time the two woman who have attached themselves to Alex won't let up as they are expecting he will send some of his huge windfall their way.

I can't give spoilers but this story is great!

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Bloodlines

This is a good story of a man who inherits an estate and the people who try to take it from him.The two oafs in the book remind me of family!lol Bill Nevitt was a good narrator.I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.

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A Bloody Hard Listen; Writing is amateurish at best


Usually, my 1 star ratings are reserved for books that are sloppily thrown together.
For a fiction horror book geared for an older audience, this listen was a challenge to complete. And for reasons listed below, earned this rating.
The sentences are short, juvenile, and unimaginative. Dialogues are boring beyond dull, stilted and unrealistic. It seemed like a See Spot Run after glue sniffing. The adult aged characters acted (and spoke) more immaturely than middle schoolers. Had this been noted it was for a younger audience, my expectations would not have been high.
This could be a case study for telling, not showing and info dumping.
The only horror here is getting through it.
Narrator was okay. It seems like this is the beginning of a series but I’ll let the ghost lie quietly wherever they are, as I’ve no inclination to follow these characters.
I was gifted this audiobook for a review, but unfortunately, am returning it in search of ... anything better.

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Good Story!

This was my first William B Taylor's book. This story is well written and the storyline is intriguing and captivating and the scenery well describe. The story is fast-paced and filled with mystery. I really enjoyed my listening and can't wait to listen to the next adventure of Alex and Maggie. The narration was well done and easy to listen. I received this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

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A really solid book

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I really thought this was a pretty good book. The story line was interesting and, although there wasn't a TON of action, there was intrigue and plot. There was some humor sprinkled in, as well, which is always nice. The narration was pretty good too. So, an all around decent book. I would consider it worth a credit.

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Excellent Story!

I received this audio book for free in exchange for my honest review. I absolutely loved this story. It is well written with great narration. It plays out like a movie in your head.

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Great Read

Bloodlines: Cove Point Manor was a good read by William B. Taylor. Alex Tinsdill took a DNA test that led to him inheriting $250 million and Cove Point Manor. Which is a massive estate that was built on Long Island, New York during the Gilded Age. Two greedy relatives show up and are determined to take Alex’s money. But there is a dark past and a sinister secret that will be revealed. I enjoyed reading this book and can’t wait to read more by the author.

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An entertainig book...:)

I liked the book a lot - that't the first thing that comes to my mind :)
I liked the plot, which is quite fast; I liked the characters - the fact that the good ones are likeable and the bad ones are not:); and I liked the ghost a lot:)
The book does have its faults, I admit: the bad characters are a kind of cliche of all the "irritating false friends that want to rip you off of your money", some of the scenes seem unrealistic and improbable, Alex and Maggie sound too good and patient to be true and the seance at the end feels a bit too sweet and rushed - and yet it was sheer entertainment listening to the book:) It kept me listening late at night....

I liked the narration, too; it's probably what made me like the book so much:) The characters really come to life in Mr Nevitt's interpretation, and the pace of his reading is just good enough for me not to feel the need to speed it up a bit...:)

DISCLAIMER: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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