Claron

The Siblings O'Rifcan Series, Book 1

By: Katharine E. Hamilton

Narrated by: Alex Black

Tossing her belongings into a suitcase and escaping heartbreak seemed like the best idea for Rhea Conners. She’d simply travel across the ocean to visit her grandfather in Ireland and heal. Then she’d come back. Simple. But what she doesn’t expect is to find solace and healing in the form of the O’Rifcan family and one member in particular: Claron.

Claron enjoyed his life farming the land his grandparents gifted him. He lived his life quietly and contentedly, until Rhea arrived. He’d steered clear of relationships and entanglements since his last heartbreak, but something about Roland’s granddaughter twists him up inside. Something about Rhea has him rethinking his life of solitude.

Two hearts. One chance. Can Rhea and Claron overcome past hurt to make a new beginning?

©2018 Katharine E. Hamilton (P)2019 Katharine E. Hamilton

Wonderful clean beautiful romance story. I love the story, the narration, and the sweet romance.

A must read romantic story. Clean and comforting, though I would have liked for it to be much longer.

Great Story, Bad Narration

The story is great…
The narrator has a decent voice himself, but the women’a voices are awful. Like - really terrible.

Good story, but the narration....

I enjoyed the story, but the way the narrator does ladies voices is cringe-worthy. The men's voices were good.

Fun story set in Ireland

I loved the setting of this book and the accents. It held my interest throughout the whole book. I found the ending to be too abrupt, though. I would have liked an epilogue, instead of a "story to be continued_. Off to read the rest of the series.

Clean romance located in Ireland

Story: 4.5 stars

A wonderful love story about two people who have experienced the heartbreak of being cheated on and (eventually) find their own strength and then each other.

Narration: 3 stars

I’m torn about Mr. Black’s narration. I like the Irish accent, but have no idea how authentic it sounds, I’ll leave it to other listeners to debate that. But what lost him a star in my rating system was his women’s voices. Both moms sound screechy and all the younger women sound like sultry valley-girls. The cadence with which these younger women deliver their lines feels off. The male voices are excellent and the one female voice I enjoyed was Claron’s granny, so I know he can do lovely female voices. Anyway, he was a solid narrator and I’d be happy to listen to more of his acting.

*poor, **ok, ***good, ****very good, *****something special